Glen Rest Cemetery
BURIAL GUIDELINES
GLEN REST CEMETERY
Updated Jan 28, 2021
These guidelines are intended to help families who plan on burying one of their loved ones in Glen Rest Cemetery.
ALL BURIALS MUSTBE APPROVED AND RECORDED BY THE KERRVILLE PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION BEFORE A BURIAL TAKES PLACE IN GLEN REST CEMETERY.
If the burial is with a casket a funeral home must be employed. Three recommended funeral homes in Kerrville are
Grimes Funeral Chapels 728 Jefferson (830)257-4544
Kerrville Funeral Home 1221 Junction Highway (830)895-5111
Wright’s Funeral Parlor 1913 Junction Highway (830)895-3323
If the burial is a cremation a grave preparer must be employed. Two recommended grave preparers are
1. Glen Baxter--RGB Resources (830)928-2554
2. Steve Langlinay salktx@hctc.net (830)739-9111
The number of burials allowed per site are:
One casket and one cremation or spreading of ashes
Four cremations or spreading of ashes
In any case (casket, cremation or the spreading of ashes) a temporary marker must be placed on the grave site at the time of burial. The cost of a temporary marker is approximately $25. Then a stone monument/headstone must replace the temporary marker as soon as possible.
Recommended monument companies are
Hill Country Monument Sales 3250 Fredricksburg Rd, Kerrville, TX 78028 (830)257-6613
Meier Brothers Monuments 201 Roosevelt Ave, San Antonio, TX 78210 (210)533-0535
The Kerrville Perpetual Care Cemetery Association(KPCCA) which operates Glen Rest Cemetery chargesa $100 gate/maintenance fee for each burial. This charge should be paid to the funeral home or directly to KPCCA.
The KPCCA must be informed about all burials—location and if a casket or cremation will be utilized.
Our web page is located at glenrestcemetery.com. Much useful information can be accessed—photos, notices and events, pictures, and particularly the location of grave sites.
You can search by the last name or by location number of the approximately 3,000 people that are buried in the cemetery.
Also refer to billiongraves.comto find a burial location on a map of the cemetery.
Plastic flowers will be removed from the cemetery in February and August of each year.
Please leash and pick up after your dog.
You can contact the cemetery at
Cecila Barlow Administrator (830)792-7314 Office
or (940)395-4084 Cell
Karol Schreiner- Board President (830) 459-3362
Kerrville Perpetual Care Cemetery Association, PO Box 290241, Kerrville, TX 78029-0241