Planning Ahead
Preplanning gives individuals and families the opportunity to become informed about products and services that are available. Many people have no idea about what is involved in making final arrangements. Most do not even know the terminology or questions to ask the professionals in order to compare services and prices. Since the cost of final arrangements is a major purchase, consumer education is of utmost importance. The State of Florida has provided a strict legal code to protect consumers when dealing with licensed providers. State inspections of grounds and audits of records ensure protection, but it is the consumer’s responsibility to become educated. At the cemetery, individuals and families should preplan and prepay for the burial space, interment service, burial vault, and grave marker.
Why Pre-Plan?
- You will be able to choose from a wider selection of burial spaces
- It will be easier to make sound, unhurried decisions
- You will be able to afford what you purchase
- You can exercise control regarding the overall cost of the funeral service and burial
- You can select 0% interest for a 12-month payment plan or extend the payment plan with a small interest fee
- Family members and spouses often are not aware of personal preferences and desires
- Prepaid planning and delivery of services and merchandise is guaranteed by state licensed registered pre-need sales agents and state audited trust fund
To help with the pre-planning process, and to help reduce stresses involved with the death of a loved one, we offer at no charge the Emergency Record Guide. This planning book deals thoughtfully with the one true inevitability of life, and has been designed to provide you a place to record virtually all of the vital personal and financial data that will be needed one day. It is important to take your time, weigh your options, and make educated decisions. The last page of the Emergency Record Guide presents a list of 49 of the countless things that must be done at the time of death. Many of these things can and should be done ahead of time. A place for the needed information has been set forth in a concise and practical manner, but it needs you to complete it.
Russell Haven of Rest Cemetery2315 Sandridge Road
Green Cove Springs, Florida 32043 Phone: (904) 284-7720
Fax: (904) 284-6656
