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Magnolia Funeral Home
1604 Magnolia Street
Alexandria, LA 71301

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Phone: 318.487.1197
Toll-Free: 1.877.487.1197
Fax:
Email: Contact Us

GENERAL PRICE LIST

These prices are effective as of June 2007.

The goods and services shown below are those we can provide to you, our customers. You may choose only the items you desire. 

However, any funeral arrangements you select will include a charge for our basic services and overhead. If legal or other requirements mean you must buy any items you did not specifically ask for, we will explain the reason in writing on the statement we provide describing the funeral goods and services you selected.

 
Basic Services of Funeral Director, Staff, and Overhead

Our services include: conducting the arrangement conference, planning the funeral, consulting with family and clergy, shelter 
of remains, preparing and filing of necessary authorizations and permits, coordinating with the cemetery, crematory, or other 
third parties. 
This fee is also inclusive of a proportionate share of our overhead costs.

The cost of our basic services and overhead will be added to the total cost of the funeral arrangements you select. 
(This fee is already included in our charges for direct cremation, immediate burials, and forwarding or receiving remains.)

$ 695.00

 

Embalming

Except in certain special cases, embalming is not required by law. 
Embalming may be necessary, however, if you select certain funeral 
arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing. If you do not want 
embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement that does not require you to pay for it, such as direct cremation or immediate burial.

$225.00
Autopsy Cases (add to embalming price) $100.00
Other Preparation of Deceased

Includes Cosmetic and Normal/Customary Restorative Work for Viewing, Washing and Disinfection of Unembalmed Decedents, Staff Hairdressing, Dressing, Casketing, Positioning, etc.

$95.00
Transfer of Decedent to the Funeral Home 
within a 50 mile radius
** Beyond 50 mile radius, transfer charges are $ 1.25  per mile.
$125.00
Use of Facilities and Staff for 4 Hour Viewing 
at Funeral Home or Church
$200.00
Use of Facilities and Staff for 1 hour Funeral Ceremony in Funeral Home or Church 
** $50.00 per hour after first hour
$225.00
Use of Facilities and Staff for 1 Hour Memorial Service in Funeral Home or Church 
** $50.00 per hour after first hour
$200.00
Equipment and Staff for Graveside Service $200.00
Funeral Coach $ 150.00
Limousine (2 hour minimum) $75-$85  hourly
Caskets 
A complete list will be available at the Funeral Home
starting at $795.00
Outer Burial Containers 
A complete list will be provided at the Funeral Home
starting at $550.00
Forwarding of Decedent to Another Funeral Home           

This option includes: basic services of funeral director and staff, a proportionate share of overhead expenses, removal of decedent from place of death, embalming or other preparation if relevant, local transport or transfer to Baton Rouge Metro Airport for commercial transit if relevant, air tray as required by airlines if relevant.
$1080.00
Receiving of Decedent from Another Funeral Home

This option includes: basic services of funeral director and staff, a proportionate share of overhead expenses, technical care of decedent, local transportation of decedent to funeral home and to cemetery or crematory, transfer from Baton Rouge Metro Airport if relevant when decedent is flown by commercial airline.

$ 870.00

Direct Cremation

This option, a direct cremation, without ceremony, includes: basic services of funeral director and staff, a proportionate share of overhead expenses, removal of decedent from place of death, all required authorizations and permits, transportation to crematory, cremation, processing, and return of cremated remains.

If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you may wish to use an alternative container. Alternative containers encase the decedent and can be made of materials such as fiberboard or composition materials, with or without an outside covering. The alternative containers we provide are fiberboard containers or an unfinished Wood box.

$795.00

Immediate Burial

This option, an immediate burial, without embalming, visitation, or ceremony includes: basic services of funeral director and staff, a proportionate share of overhead expenses, removal of decedent from place of death, local transportation to cemetery. This option shall be at the earliest convenience of the funeral home, within legalities.

A. Immediate Burial with casket furnished by purchaser $ 995.00
B. Immediate Burial with alternative container $ 1195.00
C. Immediate Burial with minimum casket $ 1695.00
$995.00

Additional Services

 

Memorial Folders (per 25) $20.00
Register Book  $20.00
Acknowledgement Cards  $10.00
Mass/Prayer Cards (per 100 and divisible increments thereof)  $10.00
Crucifix $15.00
Temporary Grave Marker $15.00
Louisiana Death Certificates (other states/provinces vary) $7.00
Louisiana Burial Transit Permit (other states/provinces vary) $2.00
Minister Honorarium (Suggested) $50.00

Organist/Pianist Honorarium (Suggested)

$80.00
Soloist Honorarium (Suggested) $50.00
Hairdresser (Suggested Donation) $ 35.00
Airline Shipping Tray $85.00
Airline Shipping "Combo" Unit $85.00
Disaster Pouch (Heavy Duty) $75.00
Interment of Cremated Remains $200.00
Technical Restorative Art Treatment for Traumatic Injuries or Disfiguring Diseases of Extensive Magnitude 
(per hour, ¼ hour divisible increments thereof)
starting at $100.00
Obituaries varies per media

 

*(NO Services conducted on 
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day or New Year's Day)*

**Note: The above prices DO NOT include any taxes or any cemetery charges (such as plot, open and close of grave, tent set up, etc.)

Magnolia Funeral Home accepts the following payment options:  Cashiers Checks, Money Orders, Personal Checks with Approval, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Cash, and/or In-Force, Valid, Verifiable and Assignable Life Insurance Policies, from any Insurance Company. 
This is our position with respect to Secured Accounts. Unsecured Accounts, as a portion of the total amount of the final billing, may be possible with Magnolia management approval. 

Thank you in advance for your full understanding that these criteria and family cooperation must be maintained in order to offer quality funeral services and merchandise, at the lowest costs possible.

 

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