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What We Do

Included in the Discount Cremation Package

  • transfer of remains into our care
  • paperwork completion via phone, email/DocuSign
  • creation and filing of a death certificate in EDRS
  • notification to Social Security of the decedent’s passing
  • cremation
  • return your loved one's cremated remains to you in a basic urn with a cremation certificate from the Petersburg Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son

Not Included in the Discount Cremation Package

  • obtain hard copies of death certificates. You can obtain these from any local health department in Virginia
  • witness cremation *
  • a private in-person viewing*
  • dressing/cosmetizing *
  • in-person arrangements
  • writing obituaries. We are able to publish obituaries you write yourself for your loved ones, with or without a photo, onto our website
  • submitting obituaries to papers
  • access to the Memorial Funeral Home building
  • 24-hour access to a funeral director **All non-urgent messages will be returned next business day
  • print work and packaging


*Can be included for an additional fee.

Included in the Discount Burial Package

  • transfer of remains into our care
  • paperwork completion via phone, email/DocuSign
  • creation and filing of a death certificate in EDRS
  • notification to Social Security of the decedent’s passing
  • embalming
  • specifically scheduled Monday-Friday burial services, excluding holidays
  • a 20-gauge steel, non-gasketed casket with a retail price of $1,495
  • an unlined concrete grave liner with a retail price of $1,595
  • a graveside service with a private family visitation an hour and a half prior at our closest facility (to not exceed 30 minutes)

Not Included in the Discount Burial Package

  • a cemetery plot
  • procession to the cemetery
  • weekend or holiday service times
  • print work and packaging
  • in-person arrangements
  • writing obituaries. The family can email their own written obituary, with or without a photo, that we can upload to the Memorial Website
  • submitting obits to papers
  • access to the Memorial Funeral Home building
  • 24-hour access to a funeral director. All non-urgent messages will be returned next business day
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