Reece Funeral Home, Inc.

Veteran services at Reece Funeral Home, Inc.

Veteran families in Jeffersonville, GA can turn to Reece Funeral Home, Inc. for honors and benefit coordination. In their own words: "The funeral home assists with arrangements for veterans, as indicated by the pre-planning form's question regarding military service and the staff bios highlighting the military service of past and present associates like Harold Reece, Sr. (U.S. Navy) and Edwin R. Robinson, Sr. (U.S. Army)." On-site amenities include chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $5,345 for basic burial and $3,275 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs. A smaller but favorable set of 7 reviews averages 5.0 stars.

Veteran-related services offered include traditional burial, cremation, veteran services, graveside service, and memorial service. Each service is coordinated with the family and, where applicable, with the deceased's last unit or branch honor detail.

On-site facilities of note include chapel. These spaces accommodate full military honors details, family gatherings before and after the service, and the placement of the United States flag during the visitation period.

The nearest VA national cemetery is Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery - Milledgeville in GA, approximately 26 miles from Reece Funeral Home, Inc.. Reece Funeral Home, Inc. can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Georgia has approximately 780 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Reece Funeral Home, Inc. is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Reece Funeral Home, Inc. apart

• Offers customized online memorials with guestbooks, photo uploads, and virtual candles.
• Provides personalized tribute videos created from family photographs for services and online sharing.
• Facilitates direct online flower ordering through partnerships with local florists.
• Features a prominent fraud alert on its website, advising families on how to verify legitimate requests for funds.
• Offers extensive grief support resources, including a year of weekly grief messages and detailed guidance on explaining death to children of different age groups.
• The owner, Harold L. Reece, Jr., has served as the Twiggs County Coroner since 1992 and holds national accreditation from the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Baptist, Christian (Inter-denominational), Church of God, Methodist. Languages spoken at the home: English.

Branches of service supported

Based on the home's stated services and specializations, Reece Funeral Home, Inc. has documented experience supporting the following branches:

What families have said

Harold Reece battled a North Carolina funeral home for two years to honor his aunt's insurance-policy requests, then arranged her funeral exactly as planned. His decades-long relationship with families like Brandi Williams' demonstrates his reliability.

How honors are coordinated

Military funeral honors are guaranteed at no cost for any veteran discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. The funeral home arranges the honors detail by contacting the deceased's last unit or the nearest active-duty installation of the appropriate branch and submitting the DD-214 to verify eligibility.

For requests less than 72 hours from service time, families can call the Department of Defense's expedited honors line at 1-877-MIL-HONR (1-877-645-4667). See the full honors protocol.