Questions You Have Submitted
Dear Bryan, Can I pre-arrange my funeral in Advance?
Dear Bryan, I have already made my pre-arrangements with another funeral home. Can I transfer these arrangements to your funeral home?
Dear Bryan, Is embalming required by law?
Dear Bryan, When embalming is necessary, are these services performed outside of Piedmont?
Dear Bryan, Does Social Security always pay when a person dies and if so, how much do they pay?
Dear Bryan, My family saw a casket at another funeral home. The funeral home my family uses does not have this particular casket. Can we buy a casket from one funral home and use our traditional funeral director? If so, can our funeral director charge us "Handling Charges"?
Dear Bryan, I have seen your catalog, "Consumer's Guide to Funeral & Cemetery Merchandise." Can families actually choose a casket and burial vault without having to go into a casket room?
Dear Bryan, My family is in need of cemetery spaces. Does your cemetery have a payment program?
Dear Bryan, Do you embalm remains at your funeral home or somewhere else?
Dear Mr. Folsom, What charges are to be expected from your funeral home in the death of a newborn child or toddler?
| Our Answers
Yes. Anyone can pre-arrange their services in advance. We will be glad to assist you with pre-arranging your funeral and cemetery services. Just call and we will set a time to meet with you at your convenience, either in your home or at the funeral home.
Sure. We will be glad to handle the proper paper work in getting your pre-arrangements transferred. We honor all pre-arranged and pre-funded funerals from any funeral home.
No! Embalming is not required by law. It is necessary, however, if a family chooses to have a public viewing and traditonal funeral services with an open casket. If a family chooses cremation, embalming is not required nor is it when a direct burial is chosen.
No. All embalming services are performed at our funeral home right here in Piedmont with the same loving, expert care you would expect from your neighbor.
The social Security Administration will pay $225.00 to persons who are eligible to receive benefits. When someone dies, they must have a surviving spouse, a child under 18 or a disabled child. Certain circumstances apply. Always be prepared to check with the Social Security officials on an individual basis.
Yes. Consumers may purchase any casket or vault from any licensed provider. The Federal Trade Commission prohibits funeral homes from charging "Handling Charges".
Yes. The catalog was designed to ease the emotional pains of making a casket burial vault selection. Our families have chosen merchandise from this booklet and are able to carry it home and show other loved ones the casket and vault that was selected.
Yes. Many families buy spaces ahead of time and we never charge charges or interest.
Embalming is done at our funeral home at 212 Memorial Drive, Piedmont, Alabama. I personally complete the embalming procedures.
None. "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalms 139:14).
In the beginning of life our Lord loves us as parents & grandparents of newborns and our little children, and we can know that same type of love.
The death of a newborn or any child is tragic whatever the circumstances may be. That is why we at Folsom Funeral Home NEVER make any charge for our services or merchandise for newborns and children up to the age of 2. Just another reason to choose Folsom Funeral Home in time of need no matter how great or small. We do care.
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