Skip to main content

The Claybar Family of Cemeteries

Plan Ahead

Pre-planning your cemetery property is one of the most caring decisions you can make for the people you love — a chance to choose what feels right, lock in today's prices, and spare your family a difficult decision during an already difficult time. Burials and interments arranged through any funeral home are welcome.

Why families choose to plan ahead

Peace of mind, on your own terms

Peace of mind

Knowing your arrangements are settled brings comfort to you and to the people who love you.

Lock in today's prices

Reserve cemetery property now, protected from the rising costs of tomorrow.

Ease your family's burden

Your family can focus on grieving and remembering — not on making difficult decisions under pressure.

Personal choice

Choose the setting, the memorial and the details that reflect your own wishes, in your own time.

What you can reserve

Cemetery property, reserved in advance

Every option available at our cemeteries can be reserved ahead of time — for yourself, your spouse, or your entire family. A family service counselor will walk you through the choices at whichever of our six cemeteries feels like home.

A quiet walkway leading to a garden pavilion at Memory Gardens Cemetery

Burial plots

Single, companion or family estate plots in a garden setting.

Mausoleum crypts

Private, companion or family crypts for above-ground entombment.

Cremation niches

Niche spaces within a columbarium or garden feature.

Memorials & markers

Bronze markers and upright granite monuments, personalized to your wishes.

Simple, unhurried, guided by us

How it works

Talk with a counselor

Call or visit to speak with a family service counselor — no pressure, just a conversation.

Explore your options

Tour the grounds and review burial, entombment and memorialization choices at your chosen cemetery.

Choose & personalize

Select your property and memorial details, and decide on a payment plan that works for you.

Secure your arrangements

Your wishes are documented and reserved — settled, and ready whenever they're needed.

A few reassurances

You are in no hurry, and you are not alone

Planning ahead is a conversation, not a commitment made in a single afternoon. We are glad to meet whenever it suits you, and to answer every question along the way.

Meetings by appointment, at a pace that's comfortable for you.

Flexible payment options are available — ask your counselor what fits your family.

We welcome arrangements through any funeral home — your director does not have to be part of our network. Claybar network funeral homes are available if you prefer.

No obligation to decide today — only to have the conversation whenever you're ready.

Speak with a family service counselor today

Call the Oak Bluff office at (409) 722-2114 or the Hillcrest office at (409) 735-7145, or reach out online. We'll help you find the right resting place, at your own pace, with no pressure at all.