Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist-North Chapel and Hamilton Memorial Gardens

Personalized funerals and memorials in Chattanooga

At Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist – North Chapel, you'll find funeral professionals who are committed to serving families of all belief systems and cultures with loving care. We are dedicated to designing personalized funerals and memorials that capture unique personalities. Personalized celebrations of life are our specialty. We help you imagine it and then we bring it into focus.

We believe funeral and memorial services should reflect the people being honored, and we create one-of-a-kind events that capture the passions of loved ones. Consider a breakfast taco buffet, an ice cream social or a sit-down dinner followed by fireworks. A funeral can even have a tailgating theme dedicated to a University of Tennessee fan, a delightful yarn bombing honoring the family knitter or suitcases spilling over with postcards and plane tickets for a world traveler. A memorial service can include a dove release: 4 doves are released and take flight as symbols of love, peace, hope and the person who has died.

Cremation services

We specialize in cremation services that honor loved ones in personalized ways, and families love our transparent pricing. With expertise in scattering ashes and a friendly team who pays attention to every detail, we provide service that is second to none.

More and more people are choosing cremation over traditional burial, but most aren’t familiar with the many options:

• a cremation without a funeral or memorial service of any kind.
• a funeral with your loved one present, followed by cremation.
• a cremation followed by a scattering, cemetery memorialization or celebration of life—or all three.

For those who wish for a more momentous memorial, Neptune Memorial Reef is an underwater cremation garden off the coast of Florida. A Celestis Memorial Spaceflight takes ashes into space for a little while or forever.

There are many options for cremation—and they're not all equal. Here's what you can expect when you choose us for your loved one's cremation:

• Custody of care guaranteed. Our custody-of-care program helps safeguard the identification of your loved one from the time we bring them into our care until the time we return them to your family. We check, cross-check and check again, every step of the way.
• Exclusive custody of your loved one. We use only crematories owned and operated by Dignity Memorial^® providers or trusted partners. Once your loved one is in our custody or that of a trusted partner, they’re in our care until they’re returned to your family.
• Licensed, certified, conscientious staff. All Dignity Memorial crematory operators are licensed and certified by Cremation Association of North America, or CANA. Only one person at a time is cremated, and the cremation chamber is thoroughly cleaned before the next person is cremated.

Read more about our cremation services.

We honor veterans

At Chattanooga Funeral Home, we understand 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.

On-site florist

We are also pleased to offer an on-site floral shop to create any type of flower arrangement you’d like for a funeral, memorial or grave placement. From a rosary of roses to a nosegay of peonies, a bouquet of daisies to a casket spray of wildflowers, our floral professionals are here to fill your order and deliver. If you're not sure what you'd like, let us use our imaginations to create something special. Please contact us at 423-894-8990 for your floral needs.

You can count on us

The team at Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist provides professional and courteous care as you and your family navigate difficult times. The experienced staff is dedicated to exceeding all of your expectations. Please call us if you need immediate help planning a funeral or want to talk about planning ahead. We are here for you day and night.

Hamilton Memorial Gardens cemetery

Hamilton Memorial Gardens in Hixson comprises more than 100 acres of rolling green lawns and paths lined with mature trees. The Tennessee cemetery was established in 1953. These lovely grounds are a wonderful final resting place and also a calming place for loved ones to visit for years to come.

In addition to traditional in-ground burials, Hamilton Memorial Gardens has 10 mausoleums for above-ground entombment and cremation memorialization with glass-front niches.

Chapel of Devotion is among the more outstanding mausoleum structures. The climate-controlled chapel accommodates as many as 50 guests for a committal ceremony. It is also home to a 10,000-pound Italian marble sculpture that depicts Jesus and Mary.

The cemetery's veterans section, Victory and Valor Gardens, includes a memorial wall etched with the names of the veterans buried there and topped with a bronze eagle. 

We invite you to come see Hamilton Memorial Gardens anytime, or call us for a guided tour. We're always happy to show you around.

Chattanooga Funeral Home's 4 locations

We want funeral and cremation planning to be as easy and as convenient as possible, which is why Chattanooga Funeral Home has 4 locations in the Chattanooga area. This location, Chattanooga Funeral Home – North Chapel, is located on the grounds of Hamilton Memorial Gardens in Hixson.

Chattanooga Funeral Home – Valley View Chapel and Chattanooga Funeral Home – East Brainerd Chapel are in Chattanooga proper. Chattanooga Funeral Home – East Chapel is in the southeastern suburb of East Ridge. Each funeral home has a memorial chapel that accommodates about 200 guests.

History

Chattanooga Funeral Home was established as National Funeral Home in 1933, with the 1st location in the 500 block of McCallie Avenue in downtown Chattanooga. The chapel moved to the 1800 block of McCallie Avenue in 1939. The name changed to Chattanooga Funeral Home in 1962.

Chattanooga Funeral Home grows

The funeral home expanded in 1969 to include the North Chapel in Hixson. The East Chapel in East Ridge was established in 1978. In 1991, Chattanooga Funeral Home acquired the Valley View Chapel on Old Lee Highway in Chattanooga. The funeral home became affiliated with Chattanooga Memorial Park in 1994. It then became affiliated with Hamilton Memorial Gardens, which is where the North Chapel is located—in 1998. Currently, Chattanooga Memorial Park serves about 250 families annually, and Hamilton Memorial Gardens serves approximately 600 families each year.

The most recent expansion took place in 2006, when Chattanooga Funeral Home opened the East Brainerd Chapel on East Brainerd Road in Chattanooga. Today, Chattanooga Funeral Home operates 4 chapels: North Chapel, East Chapel, Valley View Chapel and East Brainerd Chapel.

In 1970, Chattanooga Funeral Home joined the Dignity Memorial^® network, the largest network of funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers in North America.

Operated by a single family since 1974

Gene Pike became president of Chattanooga Funeral Home in 1974. His son, Stephen Pike, joined the firm in 1989. The Pike family remains dedicated to the funeral home business and the families it serves, and they are proud to employ experienced funeral directors and other team members who are deeply connected to the community.