How Much Is a Funeral

Their own posted prices, dated and sourced. Every funeral home, as we reach them.

Southern Funeral Home

Henderson, TX

A funeral home.

Checked September 1, 2026

This list carries no date of its own; we read it on September 1, 2026.

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604 Wilson St, Henderson, TX 75652

No website on file yet.

Direct cremation

$1,720

The middle price in Texas is $2,878.

This home's own price list states what this price covers, in its own words, listed below.

How this adds up
"Direct Cremation with a fiberboard container"$1,695
1 certified copy of the death certificate$21
Sum$1,716
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $1,720

It does not cover 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 $21 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • removal of remains
  • local transportation to crematory
  • crematory charges
  • basic services of funeral director and staff

What this home's price does not cover

  • 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 with a fiberboard container".

This list states what one certified copy of the death certificate costs. How many copies a family needs is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Death Certificates ……………$24,first copy. $4/copy in addition when picked up. Additional $3 postage if mailed"

The median across Texas is $2,878, from 164 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.

Immediate burial

The price list we read from this home on September 1, 2026, does not show a price for this service, so please ask them directly.

Burial with graveside service

The price list we read from this home on September 1, 2026, does not show a price for this service, so please ask them directly.

Traditional funeral service

The price list we read from this home on September 1, 2026, does not show a price for this service, so please ask them directly.

2 other packages this home posts

A. Memorial Service in Chapel (body not present)

$5,875

The home posts $5,850. With one certified copy, $5,875.

How this adds up
"A. Memorial Service in Chapel (body not present)"$5,850
1 certified copy of the death certificate$21
Sum$5,871
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $5,875

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 $21 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • set-up and use of facilities for funeral ceremony, use of parking lot, register book, acknowledgment cards, and display of floral arrangements.

B. Memorial Service at Other Facility (body not present)

$6,075

The home posts $6,050. With one certified copy, $6,075.

How this adds up
"B. Memorial Service at Other Facility (body not present)"$6,050
1 certified copy of the death certificate$21
Sum$6,071
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $6,075

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 $21 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • set-up and use of facilities for funeral ceremony, use of parking lot, register book, acknowledgment cards, and display of floral arrangements.
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. A family using a Tarrant County funeral home for a death that happened in Parker County pays the Parker County fee. Pick the county of death to know the amount.

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; in NM, 14 counties charging no fee. 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. Texas charges $21 for the first copy and $4 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 $21, and each one after that is $4.

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

The same question, answered for every Texas home we have read:

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