How Much Is a Funeral

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

Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home and Cremation Services, LLC

NC

A funeral home.

Posted June 1, 2024 Checked August 21, 2026

This list is dated June 1, 2024; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.

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Direct cremation

$3,720

The middle price in North Carolina is $2,725.

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

How this adds up
"With Container Provided By Our Funeral Home"$3,660
North Carolina medical examiner cremation authorization, set by 10A NCAC 44 .0501(b), verified August 25, 2026$50
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$3,720

It does not cover mileage beyond the distance this list includes. additional certified copies of the death certificate beyond what the figure above already includes are extra, priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the North Carolina medical examiner cremation authorization at $50 and one certified copy of the death certificate at $10 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • charges for basic services of funeral director
  • a proportionate share of overhead
  • transfer of remains to funeral home
  • cremation process and utility vehicle

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 "With Container Provided By Our Funeral Home".

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: "8 Transportation Includes equipment and personnel. Prices shown are for our local zone. For distances beyond 30 miles, add $3.00 per one way mile per vehicle."

The median across North Carolina is $2,725, from 85 posted price lists we have read.

Cremation with service

$5,155

The middle price in North Carolina is $6,635.

This covers the home's posted plan for a funeral with cremation, embalming and service/Utility Van.

How this adds up
"Basic Services of Funeral Director and Staff and Overhead"$2,595
"Transfer of Remains to the Funeral Home"$395
"Embalming"$795
"Other Preparation of the Body"$275
"Use of Facilities and Staff for Viewing (Same Day Only)"$395
"Use of Facilities and Staff for Funeral Ceremony at Funeral Home"$495
"Service/Utility Van"$195
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$5,155

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 $10 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • the home's posted plan for a funeral with cremation
  • embalming
  • service/Utility Van

The median across North Carolina is $6,635, from 78 posted price lists we have read.

Immediate burial

$5,660

The middle price in North Carolina is $3,405.

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 $5,650. With one certified copy, $5,660.

How this adds up
"With Casket Selected From Our Funeral Home"$5,650
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$5,660

The list posts this as one line; what it covers is not printed; 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 $10 to this home's own price.

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "With Casket Selected From Our Funeral Home".

This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it.

The median across North Carolina is $3,405, from 45 posted price lists we have read.

$3,865

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 $3,855. With one certified copy, $3,865.

How this adds up
"With Casket Provided By Purchaser"$3,855
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$3,865

The list posts this as one line; what it covers is not printed; 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 $10 to this home's own price.

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "With Casket Provided By Purchaser".

This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it.

Burial with graveside service

We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated June 1, 2024, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

Traditional funeral service

We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated June 1, 2024, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

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.

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. North Carolina charges $10 for the first copy and $10 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 $10, and each one after that is $10.

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 North Carolina home we have read:

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