Today was WREATH day. It is a day when wreaths are picked up from the headstones of the military…read morewho have paved the way. Volunteers help lay them down and then pick them up a month later. I was honored to do this for my late husband. I was able to get his wreath as well. Volunteering to place and pick up is an invaluable service to the ones who served and their families. I met a lot of great people today. You can never put a price on what they have done to keep us safe. I value all the people who came to help and who served.

I had the honor of participating in the 2024 Wreaths Across America event at the Jacksonville…read moreNational Cemetery on 14 DEC. This annual event that began around 2007 spread quickly across the nation and now takes place annually on the second or third Saturday of December. It begins with veteran bikers circling the grounds and leading the semi trucks in with the wreaths. These are then distributed across each section of the cemetery. In the morning, families of lost loved ones are first to honor these heroes by laying a wreath on their headstones. In the afternoon, there is a ceremony, followed by a full wreath laying across the grounds by volunteers and military members that ultimately concludes the event. Anyone can volunteer for a Wreaths Across America event annually. If you have an appreciation for the military, this is one of those activities I would strongly encourage you to participate in.

At a time where we needed support the most, we turned to Craig Funeral Home of St-Augustine. Taylor…read moreSawyer, the funeral director, provided excellent service! Patient, kind, compassionate and comforting, she knew exactly what to do and guided us through every step. I cannot image anyone better to have helped us through these difficult times. Thank you, Taylor! You are one of a kind.

They are awesome. I only dealt with CJ at the crematorium, but she is fabulous. My father passed in…read moreMarch and my Mom in December. She was comforting, easy to deal with, knowledgeable and very helpful. I would tell anyone considering cremation to talk to CJ. She is very easy to talk with in a time of need.

If I could give zero stars I would. This is the rudest, most inconsiderate, & immature service I…read morehave ever experienced. My family has been dealing with the sudden death if a beloved son/brother, while having to deal with this company who is going out of their way to be unhelpful, not honoring times or being helpful with transferring the body back home (to another state), not being courteous or considerate at all to a grieving mother, instead being disrespectful, telling us we keep bothering them & that they don't see what the big deal is. 10/10 do not recommend. They seemingly have a kink for mistreating & torturing grieving families.

My family has used Maloney‑Hewell Funeral Home for years, so it's heartbreaking to say our recent…read moreexperience was truly awful. After my father passed, our meeting with Scott was nearly two hours of unnecessary chatting and repeated paperwork while my 87‑year‑old mother, who hadn't slept in two days, struggled through the process. Things only got worse when the invoice was sent with charges we never requested--twice--and it took multiple calls and two days to get it corrected (thank you to Julie, who was the only helpful person we dealt with). The most devastating failure happened on the day of the burial. Scott assured us he would coordinate with Evergreen Cemetery, but when we arrived, Evergreen had no record of the service. The gravesite wasn't prepared, and my father couldn't be buried. Our grieving family sat in our cars waiting for answers while Scott shrugged and claimed he had called--Evergreen confirmed he had not. After nearly an hour of scrambling to fix paperwork that should have been handled days earlier, it still would have taken another hour before the burial could begin. My elderly mother was too distraught to stay, and we had to leave my father to be buried without any family present. Scott never apologized, never took responsibility, and never followed up. We've always trusted this funeral home, which makes this experience even more painful. No family should ever have to go through what we did.

without the kind, caring, loving help of Johann, and Elizabeth, I doubt I could've made it through…read morethe darkest time of my lif! There guidance on the process, and the care they took in seeing that my dear wife was helped on her final journey to Heaven eased my pain! Thank you so very much!

Friendly and compassionate... answered all our questions in plain English... walked us through the…read moreprocess to ensure we didn't have any problems.