Funeral Homes, Funeral Parlors & Cremation Providers in Texas

Advice on arranging a funeral or cremation in Texas

• Remember, how much you care is not measured by how much you spend, when arranging a funeral or cremation in Texas. 
• Always compare prices.  The costs for funerals in Texas can be very different between funeral homes.
• You may purchase a casket from a 3rd party and have it delivered to the funeral home.  This alone can save $1000's in funeral expenses in Texas.
• If you would like a simple, low cost alternative to the more expensive traditional funeral in Texas, then a direct cremation is by far the least expensive option in Texas. 

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Funeral Homes in Alto 

Funeral Homes in Alvardo 

Funeral Homes in Alvin 

Funeral Homes in Amherst 

Funeral Homes in Anahuac 

Funeral Homes in Andrews 

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Funeral Homes in Athens 

Funeral Homes in Atlanta 

Funeral Homes in Aubrey 

The Texas Funeral Directors Association (TFDA) was originally founded in Fort Worth in 1886 under the name “Undertaker’s Association of Texas”.  As one of the largest funeral service organizations in the United States, it is now located in Austin, Texas and has 868 members.  Three quarters of the members are family-owned funeral establishments serving families in communities with a population of less than 50,000 residents while the remaining members are owned by large corporations. 

TFDA is active in legislative issues involving the funeral service industry and maintains a liaison with various Governmental agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Banking, the Social Security Administration, the Texas Funeral Service Commission and many others. 

The organization issues a monthly newsletter informing members of latest funeral service issues, holds a yearly convention and provides training to help licensees meet mandatory state requirements. 

TFDA obtained a permit in 1998 to initiate it’s own master trust program to assist individuals who wish to become members of the Texas Prepaid Funeral Fund.  This program has now grown to a size of approximately $17 million and is regularly audited by the Texas Department of Banking.

Their mission statement is “to provide advocacy, education, information, products, programs and services to help members enhance the quality of services to families”. 

The Funeral Museum is located in South Texas in a neighborhood of townhomes. It’s stated purpose is “to honor one of our most important cultural rituals”.  This museum contains a number of fascinating and unusual funeral exhibits in addition to meeting rooms and classrooms for a funeral school. 

Hearses and coffins make up most of the displays; the hearses are all still in working order.  The Museum refers to them as “funeral service vehicles”.   Some of the novel displays include:

•  The 1973 Mercedes used to transport Princess Grace of Monaco to her funeral in 1982.
• A heavy solid glass casket built to hold three bodies which was made in the 1930’s for a couple in Colorado who had planned to commit suicide after the death of their baby.  However, they did not follow thru on their plan  and the casket wound up in the Museum. 
• A replica of Abraham Lincoln’s coffin.
• A black funeral sleigh.
• A 1916 Packard funeral bus which was originally built to eliminate funeral processions.  This vehicle has the capacity to carry the coffin, six pallbearers and twenty mourners.