What are expenses outside of the funeral home?

These expenses are called cash advances items.  They are charges that a funeral home adds to the contract for a family and are paid out to different providers such as death certificates, cemeteries, florists, newspapers, clergy, crematory fees, grave digging, musicians, etc.  The funeral home wants to make this difficult time as easy and worry free as possible, so to help the family most funeral homes take in these charges in one payment then disperses the payments to the providers which saves the family time and stress. Just a side note, common needs for certified death certificates would include insurances, deeds, titles, financial accounts (checking, saving, retirement, investments, pensions, etc.), as well as other financial and personal dealings.  For any further questions call Hewett-Arney Funeral Home in Temple (254) 778-3200.

Justin Arney 
Hewett-Arney Funeral Home
Temple, TX