Decatur, AL · 3 price lists
Direct cremation in Decatur
Each home's own General Price List. Every figure shows when we checked it.
Median $3,045 · $2,570 to $3,050
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Direct cremation · Decatur
3 price lists$3,045
median · the same direct cremation runs $2,570 to $3,050 in this metro
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How we're paid
Funeral homes can pay for a listing labelled "Sponsored", kept apart from the price list. Payment never changes the order or the prices, and you never need an email to see a price.
Direct cremation · Decatur
3 price lists$3,045
median · the same direct cremation runs $2,570 to $3,050 in this metro
11 of 14 homes serving Decatur
Same package at every home: direct cremation (alternative container). Ranked by price, then distance. Nobody can pay to move up. We list 14 funeral homes serving Decatur, and 3 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
3 priced homes around Decatur
| Funeral home | Essential package | Distance | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartselle · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $2,570 | 9 mi | View prices |
Roselawn Funeral Home & Roselawn Cemetery Decatur · license not yet checked · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $3,045 | 1 mi | View prices |
| Athens · license not yet checked · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $3,050 | 19 mi | View prices |
Shelton Funeral Home Inc Decatur · license not yet checked · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 1 mi | Call |
Ridouts Brown Service Funeral Home Decatur · license not yet checked · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 2 mi | Call |
Hartselle Heritage Funeral Hm Hartselle · license not yet checked · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 10 mi | Call |
Spry Funeral Home Of Athens Inc Athens · license not yet checked · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 15 mi | Call |
Sorted by price. Our sort method is published and placement is never for sale.
Showing 1 to 7 of 11 homes serving Decatur
Alabama rules that apply here
Every line links to its statute. Checked Sep 18, 2026.
- Time limits: embalming, refrigeration or disposition
- Alabama gives families a fairly clear rule about how quickly final disposition generally needs to occur. Human remains generally must be disposed of within 48 hours after death, or after release by a coroner or medical examiner, unless the body has been embalmed with the authorizing person's permission or is kept under refrigeration. The statute also limits public viewing of an unembalmed body after 24 hours. In other words: Alabama law focuses heavily on preservation and timing. That does not mean a family has to choose a traditional funeral; it means the body cannot simply remain untreated indefinitely. For a family choosing direct burial or direct cremation, the important question is usually not whether a full funeral is required. It is whether the remains are being kept, transported, or disposed of within Alabama's preservation and timing rules. statute →
Why these numbers are comparable
A price list is a list of line items, and no two homes itemize the same way. We rebuild the same basket at every home. Medians across the 3 homes with a checked price list:
- Direct cremation (alternative container)
- $3,045
- Basket, median items
- $3,045
Anything a home charges outside this basket is shown on its own page, not hidden in the comparison.
Questions families ask
Answers use the figures on this page, not national averages.
Among 3 funeral homes serving Decatur with a checked price list, direct cremation runs from $2,570 to $3,050, with a median of $3,045. Each figure comes from that funeral home's own General Price List, and we checked it against that list; the oldest check was Oct 12, 2026 and the most recent was Oct 23, 2026. We list 14 funeral homes serving Decatur, and 3 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
The total adds these items from each funeral home's price list: direct cremation (alternative container). Cemetery or crematory fees charged by third parties, death certificates, and merchandise such as an urn or casket are extra unless a funeral home lists them.
No. Under the federal Funeral Rule (16 CFR Part 453) you have the right to choose only the goods and services you want, and every funeral home must give you an itemized General Price List. The packages here are a comparison aid built from those itemized prices, not something the funeral home sells as a bundle.
The biggest differences are the non-declinable basic services fee, whether the funeral home has its own crematory or uses a third party, and how far it will travel to collect the deceased before a mileage charge applies. Each funeral home's page shows all of these.
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