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This is a complimentary, informal time to ask your questions and get an idea of how funeral plans work, including protecting assets from nursing home costs, ensuring your family receives VA burial benefits, and much more. Fill out the form to set up a time!
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What happens during the prearrangement meeting?
When you meet with our Preplanning Specialist, you will follow a simple process:
- Discuss your wishes and options
- Put your wishes in writing
- Go over your payment options
Whether or not you choose to pay for a funeral plan in advance is completely up to you. During your meeting, we want to provide you with as much information as possible so that you can make decisions that are right for you and your family. Remember, there is never a cost to preplan and discuss all of the options available to you!

Why Should i plan ahead?
Not everyone likes to plan ahead, but pre-planning your funeral arrangements not only gives you peace of mind about your final wishes being honored, but alleviates some of the stress and burden your loved ones are going through as they experience the grief associated with the loss.
The staff of Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home
is happy to assist you with your funeral pre-needs by helping you make decisions about your funeral service in advance and guide you in helping eliminate some of the unnecessary stress brought on by a loved one’s death.
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Benefits of Preplanning
PEACE OF MIND
Our staff guarantees we will carry out the arrangements you want, just as you directed. Once the plans have been arranged, you and your family can rest easy knowing at the time of death, those uncomfortable decisions have been made. In a time when a family should be able to easily grieve, preplanning allows for that to happen.
MAKE YOUR WISHES KNOWN
The death of a loved one often brings about unwarranted stress and turmoil among families. One family member wants one thing, while another family member wants something different. By planning ahead, you help prevent those disagreements by letting your family know what your wishes are and how you want your funeral service to be carried out and your business handled.
Flexible Funding Options
When you preplan your funeral arrangements, there are more options when it comes to funding the funeral. A preneed insurance policy, life insurance policy or other payment options can all be arranged before the time of death. At the time of death, services must be paid in full, so having options ahead of time can also reduce other stress related to losing someone.
Relieve The Burden From Loved Ones
Following the death of a loved one, there are more than 150 decisions that have to be made within the first day or two following the death. Those stressful decisions on top of the stress of grieving a loss can be eliminated by arranging your final wishes ahead of time. If those decisions are made, your loved ones aren’t left wondering what you would have wanted and how they should proceed with funeral plans. With those decisions out of the way, your loved one can begin the healing process sooner.