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A funeral home has the staff and faclilities to handle the many details that go into the care and preparation of the deceased. A cemetery is a designated place where the remains of family and friends are laid to rest.
No, Serenity Memorial Gardens has ample room for many years of continued growth with approximately 50 acres approved by the State of Texas for burial plots.
"Perpetual Care" usually refers to the correct terms Permanent Care or Endowment Care. These Care funds are collected with each Interment Space sale to maintain the grounds, roads, and buildings of the cemetery.
A columbarium, often located within a mausoleum, chapel or in a garden setting, is constructed with numerous small compartments (niches) designed to hold urns containing cremated remains.
Serenity Memorial Gardens is able to sell all memorial markers to be either placed in our gardens or to be shipped to other cemeteries for them to place within their facilities.
Serenity Memorial Gardens has payment plans for prearrangement agreements. Once a death has occurred, all services must be paid in full 24 hours before the funeral.
Complaints concerning perpetual care cemeteries or the purchase of preneed funeral contracts including descriptions of the trust and insurance funding options available under the state law, should be direceted to:
Texas Department of Banking, 2601 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78705 1-877-276-5554 (toll free)