To qualify for the discount provided by Twiford Direct, you must complete all 3 steps of the arrangement process online, starting with the selection and payment of the services you desire.
To start the online arrangement process, click here.
– Once you have made your selections and completed the payment process you will be forwarded to a screen to collect your loved one’s vital statistic information. Using the information you provide, we will compile the death certificate and send to you for proofing using ‘SignNow,’ a secure electronic signing application.
– After you have completed the vital statistics information, you will be forwarded to a screen asking you to list all of your loved one’s legal next of kin and their email addresses. The State of North Carolina requires the cremation authorization to be signed by the majority of the next of kin. This form will also be sent using SignNow.
– The final screen will provide a link that will allow you to upload a photo and compile an obituary for your loved one. We will prepare and send your loved one’s obituary to our local newspapers for their free printing and place on our website (www.TwifordFH.com). Should you desire the obituary to be placed in any newspapers that charge for their space, we will be glad to take care of contacting those papers for proofs and estimates of charges on your behalf. The family will then handle pre-payment with the newspaper directly.
– Should families want to come into the funeral home to finalize the cremation arrangement – whether these forms have been completed or not – the service charges from Twiford Funeral Homes will apply and families will not be eligible for the discounted fees stated on this website – Twiford Direct.
– This package is available at the time of death only. Pre-payment (i.e. payment before death occurs) is not available.
– Should the family desire to hold a memorial service, visitation or gathering at one of our chapels to honor the life of their loved one or request the professional service of our staff at another location, we would require the cremation arrangements to be to made in person with Twiford Funeral Homes rather than online through TwifordDirect.com. By visiting our funeral home to make cremation and service arrangements, we are able to provide a dedicated funeral director to meet with the family, learn their wishes, and carry out a meaningful service that reflects their loved one to the best of our ability. This would include, but not be limited to, our guidance and coordination of the many aspects of a service such as clergy, musicians, soloists, and speakers, as well as memorial video presentations, memorial stationery packages, and many other professional and personal touches.
– Cremated remains will be available to the family within 10 business days after all completed authorizations have been received.
– This package is available at the time of death only. Pre-payment (i.e. payment before death occurs) is not available.