Woodlawn Funeral Home

Veteran services at Woodlawn Funeral Home

Woodlawn Funeral Home in Gotha, FL supports veteran families with military funeral arrangements. In their own words: "Woodlawn Memorial Park features several gardens dedicated to veterans and memorials for military members and 9/11 victims. The funeral home participates in the Homeless Veterans Burial Program, providing dignified military funerals with honors for eligible homeless veterans. They also honor servicemen and servicewomen on Memorial Day and National Wreath Laying Day." On-site amenities include large-capacity chapel, large reception area, and flexible chapel space, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies.

Veteran-related services offered include cemetery flower arrangement delivery, cremation remembrance jewelry, private viewing before cremation, cremation, cremation niches, and cremation gardens. 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 large-capacity chapel, veterans cemetery section, flexible chapel space, multiple chapels, and the grove 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.

Published pricing at Woodlawn Funeral Home: direct cremation from $3,355. That places direct cremation roughly 110% above the Florida median ($1,595). Veterans who served on active duty for at least 24 months may qualify for VA burial allowance to offset funeral costs — this home accepts assignment of those benefits where eligible.

The nearest VA national cemetery is Atlantic Garden Veteran Cemetery in PR, approximately 39 miles from Woodlawn Funeral Home. Woodlawn Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Florida has approximately 1,014 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Woodlawn Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Woodlawn Funeral Home apart

• First cemetery in Florida to have a funeral home on its grounds (since 1976).
• Features the 'Life of Christ' mosaic, an artwork with over 11 million pieces of glass, in the community mausoleum.
• Offers a private, on-site crematory with CANA-certified operators and a strict custody-of-care program.
• Provides specialized facilities and services for diverse religious and cultural traditions, including a Tahara room and Kosher catering for Jewish customs, and experience with Hindu and Muslim societies.
• Dedicated gardens and participation in the Homeless Veterans Burial Program for military members.
• Offers unique memorialization products such as fingerprint jewelry, memory portraits, remembrance blankets, and Memory Glass.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu. Languages spoken at the home: English, Spanish.

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.