As a full-service company, cremation is an integral part of our services. Cremation is a 2-3 hour process that reduces the body to bone fragments through exposure to open-flame. Our firm performs each cremation individually, with one body cremated at a time. Great care is exercised in removing all traces of the remains from the cremation chamber prior to placement in the urn.
Cremation does not limit your options! Cremation can occur before or after ceremonies. We offer special purpose caskets that can be rented for temporary use, when a funeral precedes cremation. Temporary or permanent urns are available in many materials and styles.
Our Cremation Code of Ethics
YOUR RIGHTS
You have a right to select services from our General Price List
You have a right to view and select from a variety of cremation merchandise that is used in the cremation process (Cremation Containers) and that is used to subsequently contain the cremated body (Urns).
You have the right to review a Cremation Authorization Form and have questions answered before signing the form.
You have a right to be advised of various funeral home policies and applicable legal requirements prior to finalizing the cremation arrangements.
IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY
When the body is transferred from a hospital or medical examiner facility, it is the best interests of the survivors and the funeral home and crematory personnel to ensure the correct identity of the deceased before cremation.
Unless the deceased is embalmed for a public viewing or funeral before cremation, the identification must be for a very short time only and may be done by anyone who represents their ability to do so.
Prior to identification, the mouth and eyes of the deceased are closed by accepted methods of mortuary science (for aesthetic purposes). A disinfectant topical cleansing is performed on the deceased when embalming is declined.
NORTH CAROLINA LAW
We comply with all state laws and regulations of the North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 90, Article 13C, pertaining to the practice of cremation.
THE CREMATION PROCESS
Only one body will be cremated during the cremation process.
The cremated remains, consisting of bone fragments, will be diligently removed from the cremation chamber and pulverized into small fragments. Because the cremation chamber is lined with porous material, it is not always possible to remove small traces of the cremated remains.
For more information about cremation please go to Common Questions.
