Phone: (919) 734-5441
Toll Free: 1(800) 796-5441
TRADITIONAL SERVICES
Final Care
When life ends for a person, family and friends who survive naturally experience grief.
Persons who have dedicated their life's work to the care of the bereaved have learned that there are proven methods and experiences that are helpful to those who survive in coming to terms with the finality of death.
The staff at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home are prepared to provide assistance and support to those concerned with final care.
Services are available from dignified simplicity to formalities of choice, whether in a church or religious institution of your choice, the chapel at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home, or by the graveside. When cremation is requested, this preference includes opportunities for appropriate religious rites, memorial celebration, memorial reception and other choices with or without the presence of the deceased person's body.
Persons who arrange for some type of specific memorial event following a death adjust to the return of life's activities with notable ease compared to those who avoid or dismiss these rituals. This is repeatedly confirmed by professional care givers, such as Hospice workers who care for the sick and dying and are concerned with the well-being of the surviving family after death occurs.
Your questions are encouraged and invited without obligation. Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home Staff is prepared and eager to meet your needs.
Our staff practices universal health precautions with each decedent entrusted to our care. There are no additional charges to care for contagious disease.
Care At Need
At any hour of every day or night, a telephone call to Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home can begin our careful service. Our attendants will respond to transfer the deceased person to our facilities located beside Wayne Memorial Park. Soon we will need to ask personal information about the deceased person to complete necessary documents.
Requirements
North Carolina Law requires a death certificate and possibly a Medical Examiner's statement which could result in additional fees.
CREMATION SERVICES
Direct Cremation
This includes removal of the deceased to Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home, Basic Staff Services, documentation, and private cremation in an alternative container. Cremated remains can be presented to the family in a simple container or in an urn that has been lovingly selected by family members.
Meaningful Options
Urns crafted of a variety of materials including fine hardwood, semiprecious metals--bronze & copper--and other concepts are available.
Memorial Services
A popular concept that designates a time and place for family and friends to gather in memory of a special person. Formal or informal, our chapel or living room facilities are appropriate, with or without the presence of the decedent. Day or evening memorial gatherings and/or visitations are available at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home.
Shipment Of Cremated Remains
Cremated remains may be shipped by the U.S. postal system, special handling, anywhere.
Services At Sea
A meaningful opportunity for up to ten family members or friends to participate in the dignified placement of cremated remains at sea. Those participating will gather at Morehead City, NC for marine transport off the coast of NC.
Creative, Personal Concepts
It is quite common for persons to request unusual and special events to celebrate their life, following death. Our staff openly supports this concept, and will assist with any legal arrangements as requested by our client families. Appropriate fees will be presented in advance by itemization.
Interesting Facts
Some people believe cemetery space is limited, and cremations will save valuable land. NOT SO! There is enough cemetery land presently dedicated to bury every person who dies in the next fifty years in a single grave, without adding one square foot of additional land. A ride in an airplane is convincing.
Cemeteries provide ecological purpose. Open space for grass to grow, birds to nest, and trees and flowers to flourish. Cemeteries are important to our ecology! The modern memorial park concept offers aesthetic benefits to any community. Most cemeteries offer affordable options for placement of cremated remains.
The choice of cremation does not preclude any other preference of memorial opportunities that are affordable and can be guaranteed in writing.
PREPLANNING
Arrangements Before Need
A family death is always stressful to the survivors. There's the grief, the interruption of normal routines, the adjustments to living without the person who's died. A growing number of families are telling us that it's easier to deal with making final funeral arrangements before death occurs. They prefer to do it in an atmosphere that isn't emotionally charged.
Prearranging assures you'll have exactly the funeral you want. It also offers you the advantage of paying for your funeral yourself, when you can afford it. This relieves your family of any possible financial burden later. It also lets you pay today's prices for tomorrow's funeral-regardless of inflation.
If you would like to learn more about the comprehensive prearrangement and pre-funding program we offer to our families, please e-mail or call us at 919-734-5441 or 800-796-5441.
Some persons find comfort by stating preference of final arrangements before need. This may be accomplished in writing without funding, or may be funded through programs available at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Homes. The interest accrued to the prepaid account guarantees no additional funds to be added, with exception of certain unknown costs in the future....such as governmental documents, permit fees. It is simple and safe to make prepaid arrangements. We encourage you to ask questions regarding arrangements prior to need.
ORGAN DONATION
More Organs Are Needed
There are more than 80,000 adults and children in the United States with kidney failure. In North Carolina alone, there are over 2,100 people with kidney failure. Although most can be treated by the artificial kidney machine, for many, especially the children, the only means of regaining a normal lifestyle is a successful transplant. Sight could be restored to 20 percent of all blind Americans by a corneal transplant. Although 23,500 corneal transplants were performed last year over 3,500 people still await the gift of sight.
So More People Can Live
Recent advances in immunology and surgery make it possible to transplant many types of tissues and organs, such as lungs, pancreas, bone marrow, tendons, heart valves, cartilage and bone. In fact, the first and most successful transplant is blood. In North Carolina last year, there were hundreds of residents severely burned. Many were fortunate to have their lives saved by the generous gift of skin donated at the time of someone's death.
Success
No form of therapy has had as dramatic an effect on the course of terminal illness as has transplantation. Kidney and heart transplantations currently have graft survival rates of more than 70 percent. Corneal grafts are 90 percent successful.
The greater the number of donors, the better the chance for finding well matched, high quality organs and tissue that will make longer survival possible.
Q&A About Organ Donation and Transplantation
Q: How can I become a donor?
A: The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, which has been passed in all 50 states, makes it possible for anyone to donate organs and/or tissue by completing a Uniform Donor Card. It is advisable to discuss organ and tissue donation with your family, since the next-of-kin can give permission for donation. Donor cards are available from Carolina Organ Procurement Agency, the North Carolina Eye and Human Tissue Bank, and your local driver's licensing bureau. Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home can assist you in all steps of organ donation.
Q: Can anyone sign a donor card?
A: Anyone 18 years of age or older can sign a donor card. Persons under 18 must have either a parent or legal guardian as one of the witnesses on the card.
Q: What about age or previous medical history?
A: Anyone can sign a donor card, regardless of age or physical conditions. The suitability of donated organs and/or tissue for transplant will be determined at the time of death.
A: You can donate:
- 1. All organs and tissues
- 2. Specific organs and tissues only
- 3. Your entire body for medical research
Note: For information on donating your entire body, call or write the medical school of your choice.
Q: Will my estate be paid or have to pay, for organ donation?
A: No additional costs are incurred by the organ donor or heirs. It is against the law to buy or sell organs and/or tissues.
Q: What about funeral costs or burial arrangements
A: Removal of organs and tissues will not interfere with customary funeral or burial services. Regular funeral costs, memorial services or burial arrangements remain the responsibility of relatives or persons in charge of the estate.
Q: How are organs distributed?
A: Donor and recipient information is entered into a computer. The computer matches the compatibility of the donor and potential recipients. Organs and tissues are shared locally, then nationwide if there are no local recipients. Social or financial position is not a factor in selecting a recipient.
Q: What about religion and transplantation?
A: Authorities of all major religions have indicated that organ donation is sanctioned by the life-giving traditions of each respective religion. If you have any doubts, please consult your clergyman.
Q: Is there any possible conflict between saving my life and using my organs for transplantation?
A: This conflict simply does not exist. Physicians having an interest in transplantation cannot participate in decisions regarding the donor until after death is pronounced.