My Grandmother

[harleygirl]

My Grandmother past away last thursday and my aunt & uncles have no money to take care of her services she already has a plot in lampasas that i set up for her 10 yrs ago we need $1,600.00 before the funeral home will do anything. I don't know what to do if my mom was still here she would know what to do but she past in 2003. If anyone has any ideas i would be vey thankful:?

[Rick]

So sorry to hear that she passed away.

[JoAnn Purser]

Have you gotten advice from the funeral directors? Does social security help with this? Anyone?

[harleygirl]

Have you gotten advice from the funeral directors? Does social security help with this? Anyone?
Social security gives $250.00 the funeral directors just want the money before they will do anything she had $850.00 and they took that to get her embalmed but now thay want $1,600 my aunt and uncles are all ss and have nothing it is a mess

[ithoughtso]

It is terribly sad what you are going through. I pray that an answer presents itself to you soon.

I think we were better off way back when. We took care of our own dead without the need of an expensive funeral director/service.

[ithoughtso]

Perhaps if there were some military affiliation in the family. Then maybe an AER loan or grant could be extended to help with these expenses.

[melissadtibbetts]

:07:someone donated $2,000.00 to my grandmother that this forum is about and i want to thank whoever it was that did it from the bottom of my heart!thank you thank you thank you.we were at a dead end of what to do until this has been donated.this will allow us to bury her but then we will have to pay $4,000.00 of the remaining balance in 30 days but that is the least of my worries right now.I just want to thank you again to whom did it.

melissa

[FieryPrincess]

This forum is a good place.

I Am sorry I didn't catch this sooner, but see if you can't get someone from here to help negotiate what is actually needed. Funeral Directors that won't work out a payment plan are (IMO) also ones that would tend to take advantage and foist a lot of unnecessary extras. Someone slightly removed from the situation can help bring them back to earth.

[harleygirl]

Well the good LORD has answered my prayers my Grandmother will be layed to rest on Saturday and a big thanks goes to the anonymous person who gave $2000.00 to make it happen thank you lord.