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Funeral, Cremation & Cemetery

Elmwood Funeral Home, Cremation Service and Cemetery

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501 Elmwood Ave
Columbia, SC 29201

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Exceptional individuals deserve an especially memorable farewell. At Elmwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Columbia, South Carolina, we create fitting tributes inspired by life’s most memorable stories.

Together with our sister location, Elmwood Cemetery, we offer the convenience of taking care of all your funeral and burial arrangements. Both the funeral home and cemetery serve families from the Midlands and throughout the state of South Carolina with true Southern hospitality.

Amenities

Location

Veterans cemetery section
New building
Beautiful views
Chapel
Cemetery spaces available
Custom headstones and markers
Family estates
Family Estates are a distinguished tribute to a family legacy. They can be customized with stained glass, benches and landscaping
Flat markers
Grave markers that sit flush to the ground in the material of preference
Upright headstones
Mausoleums
Private or Community spaces for urns as well as caskets, that can be Indoor or outdoor
Onsite cemetery

Service

Arrangements by phone and email
complete funeral planning without needing a funeral home visit
Audio and video equipment
Police escort available
Cemetery flower delivery

Cremation

Cremation remembrance jewelry
Cremation niches
Option for home delivery of ashes
Option for mail delivery of ashes

Other

Multicultural funerals

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Interested in learning more? Call us at 803-252-2133 to request a custom quote.

Our Difference

We want you to feel confident planning a funeral for yourself or a loved one. Here are some of the unique benefits we offer to help relieve your family of emotional and financial burdens.

National plan transferability
Personal Planning Guide
Free online obituary
Price protection
Experts in honoring veterans
Away from home protection
Celebration of life
Compassion help line
100% Dignity Service Guarantee

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Personalized funeral services

Mausoleum at Elmwood Cemetery Tell us about a lifelong hobby, a passionate pursuit or uncommon devotion to a vocation, and the professional funeral directors at Elmwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service will thoughtfully integrate elements to create an individualized tribute. Picture a glamorous evening of art, with a guided tour of a painter’s best work and keepsake prints for guests to cherish. Give an avid golfer one last trip to the links, with monogrammed golf balls given to guests for their next trip to the green. Let your imagination lead our creative resources, and together we can fulfill almost any final wish.

Whether you choose a traditional religious funeral or a contemporary celebration of life, we offer elements of customization to make each service uniquely yours.

A welcoming space for all

Reception room at Elmwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service We serve families of all religious backgrounds and cultures. Our modern and comfortable event space is easily adapted for any type of small memorial. We can set it up with rows of chairs for a traditional service or tables for a reception with food and drinks. We will work with professional caterers to bring favorite dishes and family recipes to your event, so you can spend more time with your guests.

Cremation services

Cremation is important in certain religions and cultures, and more and more people are choosing cremation over more traditional burial options, but most people aren’t familiar with all of their choices when it comes to cremation. A counselor at Elmwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service will help you choose what is best for you and your loved one, whether it is a direct cremation without a funeral or memorial service of any kind, a funeral with the body present, followed by cremation or a cremation followed by a cemetery service or a celebration of life. In addition, our cemetery garden offers many options for cremation memorialization.

We honor veterans

Elmwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service understands the unique needs of America’s veterans and their families. As a Level One Founding Community Partner with We Honor Veterans, our staff is knowledgeable in the benefits available to veterans and their families. With respect, integrity and dignity, we will walk you through the steps of creating a veteran's memorial service that truly honors the life and sacrifice of your loved one.

Elmwood Cemetery

A full-service perpetual care cemetery spanning 120 acres at the edge of Congaree Vista, Elmwood Cemetery has served Columbia's residents for more than 160 years. Rich in heritage and unique in atmosphere, the cemetery is a symbol of tranquility and stability.

As you stroll the property, you will find gently rolling hills, a large variety of hardwood trees and beautiful landscaping that provide a serene final resting place and a calming environment for meaningful reflection. With a wide variety of cemetery and burial options, we are certain that your family will find an arrangement that best suits your needs and wishes. At Elmwood Cemetery, we offer upright monuments, flush bronze memorials, a veterans section, private mausoleums, family estates, cremation estates and a community mausoleum.

Count on us, day or night

Please contact us at Elmwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service or Elmwood Cemetery if we may assist with arrangements in Columbia, or if you would like to arrange a personal tour of the funeral home or cemetery grounds. You can count on our teams to guide you through the full range of funeral, cremation and burial options, with support and compassion at every step.