This webpage lists funeral homes and cremation organizations in the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX area that we deem “cooperative.” A “cooperative” funeral home or cremation organization meets two criteria:
ACCESS
- makes its facility available to pathology personnel on a daily basis. At minimum, a four-hour window each day is necessary.
- ideally, makes its facility available on a 24×7 basis.
FEES
- charges a reasonable fee, if any, and assesses that fee only if the facility is utilized after-hours. We have not included funeral homes or cremation organizations where the facility charge exceeds $500.
- ideally, charges no fee to the family (or anyone else) for allowing pathology personnel to use its facilities.
Listed below are places we’ve worked with or called somewhat recently that we deem “cooperative.” This list is not intended to be exhaustive, and serves only as a starting point. If you identify other organizations that should be on this list, let us know.
Fees listed assume that your family is utilizing this business for final arrangements.
Note 1: if you are using a funeral home or cremation organization that does not allow the work on its premises, we can ask one of these “cooperative” funeral homes whether its facility can be rented for a fee for the brain donation work. And the “cooperative” funeral home may provide transportation from the place of death.
Note 2: there are two rare cases when a funeral home or cremation organization need not be open on a daily basis: (1) if death has occurred or (2) if the loved one is utilizing a “death with dignity” act on a certain day/time.
All Texas Cremation
Plano, TX
Phone: 972-848-0225
Web: alltexascremation.com
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Daily: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Fee: $300 |
Allen Family Funeral Options
Plano, TX
Contact: Lindy
Phone: 972-596-8200
Web: affoplano.com
| Regular Hours | |
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Daily: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Fee: None |
Baumgardner Funeral Home
Fort Worth, TX
Contact: Allen Baumgardner
Phone: 817-731-8400
Web: baumgardnerfuneralhome.net
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 24×7 | Fee: $325 |
Brown Family Crematory
Fort Worth, TX
Contact: Lee Jackson
Phone: 817-877-1777
Web: crematorydirect.net
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 24×7 | Fee: $325 |
Brown Owens & Brumley Family Funeral Home & Crematory
Fort Worth, TX
Contact: Lee Jackson
Phone: 817-335-4557
Web: brownowensbrumley.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 24×7 | Fee: $325 |
Greenwood Funeral Homes and Cremation
Fort Worth, TX
Contact: John
Phone: 817-336-0584
Web: greenwoodfuneralhomes.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 6 a.m.-10 p.m. | Fee: $200 clean up fee |
Hawkins Family Funeral Home
Fort Worth, TX
Contact: Charles Davidson
Phone: 682-255-0535
Web: hawkinsfamilyfuneralhome.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | Fee: $300 |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open up 24×7 as necessary. | Fee: $300 |
Merit Memorial Funeral & Cremation Care
Farmers Branch, TX
Contact: Bryan or Owen
Phone: 972-810-1700
Web: meritmemorial.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 24×7 | Fee: None |
Mount Olivet Chapel
Fort Worth, TX
Contact: John
Phone: 817-831-0511
Web: greenwoodfuneralhomes.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 6 a.m.-10 p.m. | Fee: $200 clean up fee |
Restland Funeral Home and Cemetery
Dallas, TX
Contact: Melissa Preddy
Phone: 972-238-7111
Web: restlandfuneralhome.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 24×7 | Fee: None |
Simple Cremation
Fort Worth, TX
Phone: 855-978-5813
Web: simplecremation.org
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open up 24×7 as necessary. | Fee: None |
Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow
Allen and five other locations in north TX
Contact: Kyle Dungan (Allen location)
Phone: 972-562-2601
Web: turrentinejacksonmorrow.
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | Fee: None |
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Willing to open outside of regular hours as needed.
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Fee: None |