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Products and Services
Spring
Hill and Highland Cemeteries are available for burial. Pat’s Branch and
Guyandotte Cemeteries are historical cemeteries and not available for
burials anymore. Our community mausoleum is located at Spring Hill.
We have many beautiful spaces in Spring Hill and Highland to choose from.
You may have a specific idea in mind, perhaps something near other family
members, an area with upright markers, with flat markers, or a Veteran’s
area.
In Ground Burial For in ground burial, you must purchase three
things: the space, the interment services (commonly called the open and
close) and a burial vault.
Mausoleum Entombment We have a community mausoleum or can work with
you on purchasing a private mausoleum. When using the community
mausoleum, you must purchase the crypt and the interment services.
Cremains Interment of cremated remains can be done in a mausoleum
niche, or in an in- ground burial space. Besides the purchase of one of
these spaces, the interment services must be purchased. Outer burial
containers are optional for cremains burials.
If you are purchasing at-need burial services, everything must be paid for
in full. Pre- need arrangements can be purchased on account over a period
of up to five years. We offer reasonable rates and keep your account
in-house.
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Spaces in Spring Hill Cemetery
The premium area of Spring Hill is located around the Marshall
Memorial. The Memorial is on the highest point of the cemetery,
overlooking the city of Huntington and Marshall University. The Marshall
Memorial honors the University football team, coaches, staff and
supporters who died in the November, 1970 plane crash. In front of the
obelisk are six unmarked graves, in memory of the victims that could not
be identified. The names of these six are engraved in the front face of
the memorial.
Coming down the hill from the Marshall Memorial area is a circular drive
surrounding an area we call 1953D- Bronze. Upright monuments dominate the
outer edges of the circle, while only bronze on granite markers are
allowed on the inner part of the circle. Plans have been made to build a
carillion bell tower near the center of the circle.
There is an area set aside for Veterans on the southern boundary of the
cemetery. Atop that knoll is a dominating cross that was placed in 1925,
when the Board of Park Commissioners set aside this special place, called
Soldier’s Rest, for military personnel. Soldier’s Field is located
directly across the street from Soldier’s Rest. The graves are all marked
with upright marble government markers. There is an aura of honor and
pride when you stand among these markers. It is a beautiful place.
For the most
part, Spring Hill Cemetery is dominated by large trees and rolling hills.
The older areas of the cemetery are located near the office, on the
eastern border of the property. Our office was once a chapel, and was
built in the early 1900’s. There are approximately 25 undeveloped acres
on the western side of the cemetery. Soon trees will be placed so that in
time it too will have tall oaks and maples, beautiful dogwoods and
brooding willows.
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Spaces in Highland Cemetery
Highland
Cemetery was established in 1892, and adopted by the Park District when
Spring Hill was, in 1925. Highland is a traditional country hillside
cemetery located off of Saltwell Road in the Arlington Park neighborhood.
There are twelve streets crossing the fifteen acres of hillside that
comprise Highland Cemetery. Spaces for flat as well as upright markers
are available.
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Interment Services
Interment fees, or opening and closing as they are sometimes called,
can include 50 or more separate services provided by the cemetery.
Typically, the opening and closing fee includes administration and
permanent record keeping (determining ownership, obtaining permission and
the completion of other documentation which may be required, entering the
interment particulars in the interment register, maintaining all legal
files); opening and closing the grave (locating the grave and laying out
the boundaries, excavating and filling the interment space); installation
and removal of the lowering device; placement and removal of artificial
grass dressing at the grave site, leveling, tamping, regrading and seeding
the grave site.
Interment service fees are higher when purchased pre-need. The reason for
this is that we are hoping you will live a long time after you have made
your purchase. Once a few years have passed, as prices continue to
increase, the at-need cost of interment services will become more than
what you paid pre-need. You will not pay any additional internment
services fees as these prices increase. The price you paid when making
the pre-need arrangements is all you will pay for interment services.
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Vaults
A vault is required by the cemetery for in ground burial. The vault
helps stabilize the ground and minimize settling of the grave. Vaults can
be purchased through the Spring Hill and Highland Cemetery office or
through your funeral home.
The vaults available from the Spring Hill and Highland Cemeteries office
are concrete and there are three types. A basic vault is treated with
asphalt. The mid-range vault is treated and sealed at the lid. The upper
level vault available from us is a treated, sealed and lined model.
Other types of vaults are available through your funeral home. If a vault
is brought from another company, there will be a vault setting fee.
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Memorial
The memorial, either upright or flat, granite or bronze or some
combination of the two, is an important purchase. You can buy any type of
memorial, granite as well as bronze, through the Spring Hill and Highland
Cemeteries office at Spring Hill. There is an almost limitless range of
shapes for upright markers, and designs that can be carved into flat or
upright markers. We are proud to sell the highest quality bronze markers
available today – the Matthews International Impact markers with Diamond
Shield finish. Matthews’ foundry is in Kingwood, WV. The finish on these
markers lasts longer than those from other companies and come in several
color choices – including black cherry, Aztec green, aquamarine and dark
teal green as well as the classic light brown.
When you are ready, stop in our office and take a look at some of the
memorials available today. Financing is available on site for all
purchases, at reasonable rates.
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How to Pay
We have several options available. For pre-need purchases, we can
arrange for 90 day, same as cash purchases or in house financing for up to
5 years. Visa, MasterCard, personal checks or cash may also be used for
pre-need purchases.
At need purchases must be paid with Visa, MasterCard, personal check or
cash.
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