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Funeral, Cremation & Cemetery

Elmwood Funeral Home, Cremation Service and Cemetery

4.5

108

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Funeral, Cremation & Cemetery

Elmwood Funeral Home, Cremation Service and Cemetery

4.5

108

Highlights

100% Service Guarantee
Veterans cemetery section
New building
Beautiful views
Chapel

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803-252-2133

Address

501 Elmwood Ave
Columbia, SC 29201

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About

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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

Cremation

Cremation remembrance jewelry
Cremation niches
Option for home delivery of ashes
Option for mail delivery of ashes
Sent through postal mail service, signature required.

Service

Arrangements by phone or email
Complete funeral planning, including electronic signature, without needing a funeral home visit
Audio and video equipment
Police escort available
Cemetery flower delivery

Other

100% Service Guarantee
Livestreaming of Services
Multicultural funerals

How may we help you?

Plan Ahead

A death has occurred or is near

Call us anytime

803-252-2133

Address

501 Elmwood Ave
Columbia, SC 29201

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Offerings

Cremation

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Burial

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

Eleanor Mae Howe

Celebration of Life Gathering

Sat, Apr 24 at 1pm

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Remember the one you love

Honor the memory of your loved one with cemetery flower placement. You choose the flowers. You choose the months. We do the rest.

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Remember the one you love

Honor the memory of your loved one with cemetery flower placement. You choose the flowers. You choose the months. We do the rest.

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Express your sympathy with flowers & gifts

View arrangements

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Not finding what you are looking for? Search for your loved one's obituary across any of our other locations.

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Express your sympathy with flowers & gifts

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Remember the one you love

Honor the memory of your loved one with cemetery flower placement. You choose the flowers. You choose the months. We do the rest.

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Unable to find an obituary?

Not finding what you are looking for? Search for your loved one's obituary across any of our other locations.

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Ratings & Reviews

4.5

108 Ratings

Staff

4.6

Arrangement

4.6

Cleanliness

4.2

Visitation & Service

4.6

76%

14%

4.5

108 Ratings

Staff

4.6

Arrangement

4.6

Cleanliness

4.2

Visitation & Service

4.6

76%

14%

Verified Customer Reviews

Since 2005, many of our customers have taken the time to tell us how we did each year via our Voice of the Customer program. Our star ratings and comments from families come directly from these surveys.

"We were very happy with the care and service we received."

jd-power-verified-checkmark Verified Burial & Memorial Service Customer

March 2021

"I think that maybe the funeral director might be the key to a pleasant experience. Weston Shealy is the best I know. I'm sure that corporate policies and training in all aspects of this process come onto play as well."

jd-power-verified-checkmark Verified Burial & Memorial Service Customer

February 2021

"Brent Caughman and staff went above and beyond making a very difficult time for our family more bearable. I've never had a need for funeral services at such a personal level but my husband suddenly passed Dec 11- we are both 55- no one plans for such an early and untimely death - but Brent and staff helped us every step of the way offering exactly what we needed and guided us through the process. It's Christmas - they were there for our needs in the middle of a season most are taking the day off. Highly recommend them for any need you have in the loss of a loved one."

jd-power-verified-checkmark Verified Burial & Memorial Service Customer

December 2020

"This is the second time I have used Elmwood Cemetery and they have been very supportive and empathetic and thoughtful both times. I recommend them without reservation, and I thank them for their help in difficult times."

jd-power-verified-checkmark Verified Customer

November 2020

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