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Veteran Services

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We're proud to do our part in honoring our country's veterans. Our duty is to provide you and your family with professional and dignified assistance during your time of need, and we promise to support you in honoring your loved one for their dedication and selfless service.

 

 

Traditional Honors

Eligible veterans receive the folding and presenting of the American flag to the next of kin and the playing of Taps by a bugler or recording. These honors are performed by an honor guard detail that has at least two members of the Armed Forces. One member must be a representative from the branch in which the veteran served, and this member presents the flag. Your funeral director will help arrange the honors.

Honors also can include:

  • The U.S. flag draped over the casket
  • A three-volley rifle salute to represent duty, honor, and country
  • A final salute at the gravesite



Veteran Benefits

In addition to honoring your veteran during the service, we can help contact the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for:

  • Headstones: The VA provides headstones and markers for the graves of veterans anywhere in the world and for eligible dependents of veterans buried in national, state, or military cemeteries.
  • A Presidential Memorial Certificate: This certificate shows the nation's recognition of the veteran's service. It includes the veteran's name and the signature of the President.
  • Memorial plots: If an eligible veteran's remains are not available for burial, the VA can provide a plot and headstone or marker in a national cemetery for memorialization. If you want to place the memorial in a cemetery other than a national cemetery, the VA will provide the headstone or marker but not the plot.
  • Burial in a national cemetery: This includes the gravesite, opening and closing of the grave, a grave box, and perpetual care.
  • Reimbursement of burial: For information on eligibility and the different levels of potential reimbursement, please review the Guide to VA Burial Allowances.

 

Local Information and Resources

Barrancas National Cemetery

  • Committal services are held at Barrancas National Cemetery Monday - Friday.
  • Casketed interments take place from 9am-2pm time slots on the hour, excluding 12pm, at Shelter A.
  • Cremated remain services take place from 9:30am-2:30pm time slots on the half hour, excluding 12:30pm, at Shelter B.
  • Services are only 30 minutes in length.
  • No service will be held at the graveside.
  • Family and friends are welcomed to visit the gravesite after 3:00pm, when interments are completed, on the day of burial.
  • Barrancas National Cemetery Map.
  • Barrancas National Cemetery website.

 

Santa Rosa County Veteran Services website.



Eligibility

Military funeral honors are free and mandated by law for eligible veterans. Eligibility is verified by the veteran’s DD-214, or discharge papers. Eligible members are:

  • Military members on active duty or in the Selected Reserve.
  • Former military members discharged from the Selected Reserve due to a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.
  • Former military members who served on active duty and departed with honorable conditions.
  • Former military members who completed at least one term of enlistment or period of initial obligated service in the Selected Reserve and departed under honorable conditions.

Other Resources

Check out these resources for more information about honoring veterans and military funerals:

Lewis Funeral Home, Inc. Locations

Milton Chapel
Phone: (850) 623-2243
Fax: (850) 623-6345
6405 Hwy 90 West, Milton, FL 32570
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Pace Chapel
Phone: (850) 995-5702
Fax: (850) 995-5709
4777 West Spencer Field Road, Pace, FL 32571
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Navarre Chapel
Phone: (850) 939-5122
Fax: (850) 939-5133
7794 Navarre Parkway, Navarre, FL 32566
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Jay Cornerstone Chapel
Phone: (850) 752-7040
Fax: (850) 752-7041
4003 FL-4, Jay, FL 32565
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