King's Funeral Home Lake Charles
Lake Charles, LA
A funeral home.
Checked September 1, 2026
This list carries no date of its own; we read it on September 1, 2026.
Read this home's price list1611 Gerstner Memorial Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601
From this home's state license record.
No website on file yet.
Direct cremation
$1,510
The middle price in Louisiana is $3,100.
The home posts $1,500. With one certified copy, $1,510.
How this adds up
| "Direct Cremation" | $1,500 |
|---|---|
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $9 |
| Sum | $1,509 |
| Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above | $1,510 |
This covers removal of remains (within 50 miles), basic container, local transportation to crematory, necessary authorizations/permits, the cremation charge itself and basic services of staff. It does not cover mileage beyond the distance this list includes and additional certified copies of the death certificate beyond what the figure above already includes, which are priced one at a time. The county permit fee belongs to the county where the death occurred, not the county where the funeral home is, so pick that county below or ask the funeral home. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $9 to this home's own price.
What this home's price covers
- removal of remains (within 50 miles)
- basic container
- local transportation to crematory
- necessary authorizations/permits
- the cremation charge itself
- basic services of staff
What this home's price does not cover
- mileage beyond the distance this list includes
- additional certified copies of the death certificate beyond what the figure above already includes, which are priced one at a time
This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Direct Cremation".
This list charges by the mile once the drive passes the distance its price covers. How far that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "King's Funeral Home •. 337-439-7729 • www.kingsfuneralhomela.com 1611 Gerstner Memorial Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601 FUNERAL RIDES Hearse Within 50 mile radius. Beyond this radius: $2.25 per mile"
The median across Louisiana is $3,100, from 28 posted price lists we have read.
Cremation with service
We could not confirm a price for this service from the price list we read from this home on September 1, 2026, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.
Traditional funeral service
We could not confirm a price for this service from the price list we read from this home on September 1, 2026, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.
4 other packages this home posts
starting at
$1,510
It does not cover what this package covers.
How this adds up
| "starting at" | $1,500 |
|---|---|
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $9 |
| Sum | $1,509 |
| Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above | $1,510 |
Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $9 to this home's own price.
What this home's price does not cover
- what this package covers
*Holiday or Evening Services, add
$910
This covers *Holiday or Evening Services, add.
How this adds up
| "*Holiday or Evening Services, add" | $900 |
|---|---|
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $9 |
| Sum | $909 |
| Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above | $910 |
It does not cover what this package covers. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $9 to this home's own price.
What this home's price covers
- *Holiday or Evening Services, add
What this home's price does not cover
- what this package covers
DIRECT CREMATION
$1,510
This one price does include the casket this package names. Any other casket costs more and is priced separately at the funeral home.
The home posts $1,500. With one certified copy, $1,510.
How this adds up
| "DIRECT CREMATION" | $1,500 |
|---|---|
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $9 |
| Sum | $1,509 |
| Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above | $1,510 |
What is in it is listed below in the home's own words. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $9 to this home's own price.
What this home's price covers
- the charge for a direct cremation includes removal of remains (within 50 miles)
- basic container
- local transportation to crematory
- necessary authorizations/permits
- the cremation charge itself
- basic services of staff.
- prior to the cremation
- dressing/casketing
- newspaper notices
- death certificates
IMMEDIATE BURIAL
$2,410
This one price does include the casket this package names. Any other casket costs more and is priced separately at the funeral home.
The home posts $2,400. With one certified copy, $2,410.
How this adds up
| "IMMEDIATE BURIAL" | $2,400 |
|---|---|
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $9 |
| Sum | $2,409 |
| Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above | $2,410 |
What is in it is listed below in the home's own words. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $9 to this home's own price.
What this home's price covers
- this charge includes removal of remains within 50 miles
- other preparation
- local transportation to the cemetery by funeral home service car (not a traditional Hearse)
- basic services of staff.
- prior to burial.
- cemetery charges
- newspaper notices
- death certificates
These figures are ballparks for comparing homes, not quotes.
These figures are assembled from this home's own posted price list, and each one is rounded up to the next $5. Treat them as a way to compare homes, not as a quote. Only the funeral home can quote you.
What the county fee is
This fee is charged by the county where the death occurred, not the county where the funeral home is. The amount for this state is not on file here, so ask the funeral home.
In this list: in TX, Dallas County at $30, Bexar County and Travis County at $25, Denton County, Johnson County, Parker County and Tarrant County at $35 and Harris County with no fee on file here. A county not in this list charges something too; ask that county or the funeral home.
The counties of the states this one touches are in the list too, each one labeled with its state, because a death does not stop at a state line.
Certified copies of the death certificate
One certified copy of the death certificate is included in every figure on this page.
This home's list does not post a price for a certified copy of the death certificate. This state charges $9 for the first copy and $7 for each one after it, so those are the figures below. This is what the record itself costs. Ask the funeral home whether it charges anything to order them for you.
How many certified copies do you need?
Most families need more than one. Raising the count raises every figure on this page.
One certified copy is $9, and each one after that is $7.
Nobody can tell you how many you will need. Banks, insurers, and pension offices each tend to want their own, so families commonly order several. Set the count and the line says what that comes to.
Tax is always approximate. Ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
Where to look next
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