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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

glenrestcemetery@gmail.com 

         Kerrville Perpetual Care Cemetery Association, PO Box 290241, Kerrville, TX 78029-0241

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