Celebrate a Life Well Lived

As holiday celebrations with family and friends wind-down and the calendar flips to a new year full of hope and promise, it’s time to plan for the future. When it comes to end-of-life planning, the same love and fellowship shared during the holidays is also a big part of memorializing those who have passed on.

The professionals at Dignity Memorial® can help you plan a final tribute for you or a loved one that is as special as the life it represents, bringing comfort to you and those your love. Your imagination is the only limitation in considering the celebration best fitting the unique, special story of our lives.

From food to flowers, music to mementos, each meaningful, memorable personalized funeral service is a special tribute to the person it remembers. You can release doves, balloons, lanterns (into the air or on water) or butterflies in a symbolic gesture of remembrance, or really delve into the personality of the individual being memorialized.

Did your family gatherings center around cookouts? Celebrate a grill master by hosting an outdoor barbecue complete with jars of homemade sauce as mementos for guests to take home in special remembrance.

For the outdoor lover, have a friend play “Down by the River” on the guitar as pallbearers bring in the urn, nestled in a kayak. A headstone with a paddle etched into the granite completes the lasting remembrance.

A lap around the track is a special way to remember a racing fan, with friends and family standing in salute as a hearse or car carrying the urn or casket makes the turns.

Memorialize a motorcycle enthusiast with a ceremony that celebrates camaraderie and the thrill of the open road with a motorcycle processional with a group of bikers, the honoree’s cremation urn tucked into a sidecar.

Everyone has their own unique story, and a funeral or memorial service should be a one-of-a-kind celebration telling that story. How do you want to tell yours? Dignity Memorial® professionals celebrate each life like no other. We’ll help you weave those very special memories into a beautiful service with personal touches and lasting impressions. For more information please call (910) 799-1686.

Michael Higgins is Sales Manager for Dignity Memorial^®, which cares for more than 300,000 families each year through its network of more than 2,000 providers throughout North America. Learn more at www.dignitymemorial.com or call Greenlawn Memorial Park, Oleander Memorial Gardens and Coble Funeral and Cremation Services at Greenlawn Memorial Park, (910) 799-1686.