Cremation Services in Hughes Springs, Linden, and Ore City, Texas
Service area and pricing
We provide cremation services from all three Reeder-Davis locations across Cass, Morris, and Upshur counties. For current cremation pricing and a copy of our General Price List, see Understanding Funeral Pricing or call any location.
Overview of Cremation Services
The number of people choosing cremation has increased significantly in the past few years, yet cremation carries a long tradition and remains largely unchanged. What is done before or after the cremation is up to the survivors, or up to you. Contrary to what some people believe, Cremation does not limit choices, but, in fact, increases one’s options. It is a process which is performed in a respectful and dignified manner and can be memorialized in many ways.
Plan Your Tribute
Choosing cremation neither eliminates nor does it require a funeral service. Traditional or contemporary services are often planned before or after the cremation process. A funeral service followed by cremation may be similar to a funeral service followed by ground burial. They can be elaborate or simple and traditional or nontraditional.
Here are some common examples of cremation services chosen most often by the family’s we serve. These services can be held over multiple days or can be accomplished on the same day if desired. We can tailor any of these options to meet your individual needs.
- Traditional viewing or visitation hours (with body present), followed by cremation
- Cremation followed by memorial visitation (without body) at the funeral home
- Cremation followed by a memorial service or life celebration at your church, our chapel or reception center.
- Private family goodbye, followed by cremation
- Cremation followed by burial or interment of cremains
- Simple cremation with no ceremony
What to Do With the Cremated Remains
Cremation allows families many choices for memorializing a loved one. Some families choose to keep the cremated remains with them at home, inter them in a cemetery, or to scatter the remains over land or water.
Our staff can assist you with the following memorialization options, among others, for cremated remains:
- Outdoor Niches – The cremated remains may be safely held in an above ground columbarium niches. They are typically located within a mausoleum or chapel.
- Urn Garden – Many cemeteries have areas designated specifically for the interment of cremated remains.
- Family Plot – If you already own a burial plot or have space in a family plot, you may choose to inter the urn there.
- Scattering – Your loved one’s remains may be scattered in a meaningful location that can be appreciated by future generations. There are also certain services which offer scattering among the sea or the stars.
- Traditional Burial – In ground burial on a family plot or in special cremation areas of the cemetery.
- Personalized Memorialization – Inscribe your family member’s name and a special saying on a tree plaque, park bench or other special memorial. We also have custom, unique urns and keepsakes, perfect for displaying inside your home.
Personalizing Your Experience Memorable Tribute Services
Memory Tables and Memory Collages
Life Tribute Memorial Videos
Memorial Webcasting and Taping of Services
Personalized Music
Certified Celebrant
Bagpiper
Pallbearers
Military Honors
Wildflower Keepsakes
Receptions
Choosing a Cemetery
Even with cremation, a green burial can take place in nearly any cemetery that allows eco-friendly methods of burial. Our firm offers several options that can help you ensure that your final resting place is both environmentally-friendly and honorable. Typically, cemeteries offering green burials follow these guidelines:
- Offer exclusive green burial sections
- Prohibit the use of urn vaults
- Dig graves by hand rather than using heavy equipment
- Often plant trees or shrubs in lieu of headstones
- Offer designated scattering areas
What cremation includes at Reeder-Davis
Cremation at Reeder-Davis can be as simple or as personalized as your family wishes. You may choose direct cremation, cremation with a visitation beforehand, or cremation followed by a memorial service or celebration of life. Cremated remains can be kept, scattered where permitted, placed in an urn, or buried at a cemetery such as our own Woodlawn Memorial Park. We will explain every option in plain language so you can decide what fits your family.
Reeder-Davis handles every cremation under documented safeguards, including a tracking system and a stainless steel identification disc that remains with the deceased throughout the process, so families can be confident in the care and accountability behind each cremation.
Cremation at Reeder-Davis does not limit a family's choices: you may add a visitation, a traditional funeral, or a memorial service before or after the cremation, and cremated remains may be buried at the firm's own Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Why choose Reeder-Davis for cremation
- Documented cremation safeguards: tracking system, stainless steel identification disc, and cataloged belongings.
- Full flexibility to add visitation, funeral, or memorial services before or after cremation.
- Family-owned and operated for over 100 years in Northeast Texas.
- Option to bury cremated remains at the firm’s own Woodlawn Memorial Park.
- Available 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Cremation compared with traditional burial
| Consideration | Cremation | Traditional burial |
|---|---|---|
| Service options | Visitation, funeral, or memorial before or after | Visitation, funeral, and graveside service |
| Final disposition | Urn, burial of remains, or scattering where permitted | Burial in a cemetery plot |
| Timing flexibility | Memorial can be scheduled later | Typically scheduled within days |
| Personalization | Highly flexible | Highly flexible |
| Relative cost | Often lower | Varies by selections |