Cremation Options

Cremation Service Options

At Byrd & Flanigan Crematory & Funeral Service, we understand that every family has different needs, traditions, and wishes. Our online cremation selections allow you to review meaningful options from the comfort and privacy of your home. Our caring staff is also available to answer questions and guide you through every step.


• Direct cremation is a simple and dignified choice. It does not include a formal viewing or ceremony before cremation. Families may choose to hold a private gathering, celebration of life, or memorial service at a later date.


• Cremation with a memorial service provides a special time for family and friends to gather, remember, and celebrate a life. The service may include photographs, music, personal tributes, clergy, or traditions that reflect your loved one’s life and beliefs. You may also display an urn, portrait, flowers, and treasured keepsakes.


• Cremation with a traditional casket service offers the familiarity of a visitation and funeral ceremony with your loved one present in a casket. Following the service, cremation takes place instead of burial. This option provides the comfort of traditional funeral customs while honoring the family’s choice of cremation.


Whichever option you select, Byrd & Flanigan Crematory & Funeral Service will explain every choice clearly and treat your family with compassion, dignity, and respect.


Our on-site crematory in Lawrenceville allows your loved one to remain in our care throughout the cremation process.

To learn more or begin making your selections, visit ByrdandFlanigan.com or call 770-962-2200.

Byrd & Flanigan Crematory & Funeral Service—caring guidance, meaningful choices, and trusted local service.

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Traditional Funeral Followed by Cremation

Many families find meaning and beauty in a traditional funeral service. With a traditional service combined with cremation, you can still choose to have a final viewing, visitation or wake, and a funeral service. However instead of in-ground burial, the funeral will be followed by cremation. Depending on your wishes, the cremated remains may be either returned to your family for storage in an urn, scattered, or interred in a columbarium. This option will include fees for the funeral services as well as the fees associated with the cremation itself.

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Memorial Service

The memorial service can be held in our chapel, a church, or any other venue the family chooses. We work with our families to design a service that honors their loved one with stories, music, or scripture. We also have life celebrants that lead services where clergy may not be chosen. Our celebrants are trained in creating experiences that help start the healing process.

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Graveside Service

A graveside or committal service is typically held immediately following the funeral service but it can also be a small intimate gathering of those closest to you.

Permanent Memorialization

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Keeping an Urn at Home

This is a common choice and families can select the perfect urn for their loved one.

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Burying the Urn

Similar to a casket, the in-ground burial of the urn allows for a final resting place.

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Placing the Urn in a Columbarium

Many families find comfort in having a final resting place that they can visit.

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Scattering the Cremated Remains

Some families find comfort scattering the cremated remains in a special place.