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Biggest Benefits Of Pre-Planning With Funeral Homes
When you decide you want to pre-plan your final services with funeral homes, there are huge benefits of that, like getting the services you want and protecting your family from burdens.
When you think about the end of the road for yourself, what do you see? You might have an idea of what you want to have happen and that’s not a bad thing. If you know what you’d like, one way to go about getting it is to contact funeral homes in St. Martinville, LA and make your plans ahead of time. More and more people are planning ahead today than ever before and it can be a nice way to get things set up and ready to go, no matter how young and healthy you might be. Here are a few of the biggest benefits of getting those pre-plans into place.
Get The Services You Want
You will get the services you want when you plan ahead of time. Whatever you decide you want is what is going to happen. Your loved ones only have to call the funeral home that holds your plans and they will take action. No matter what you want, the plans are already there and you know you will get what you request. Your loved ones will want to honor that anyway.
Relieve Your Family From Burdens
It can be hard to lose a loved one and then have to plan their final services, especially if you don’t know what they wanted to have happen after their death. When you plan ahead, it’s a huge benefit for your family. They are relieved from the burden of guessing at what you wanted and they are also relieved from having to plan anything themselves.
Take Away Family Financial Strain
Planning ahead of time gives you the chance to also pay ahead of time. You don’t have to pay ahead, but many people do because it allows you to get today’s prices, which can save a lot over what the prices might be in the future. It also takes the cost burden off your family, which is another huge deal to them when the time comes. They don’t have to worry about anything but their grief and spending time together.
Give Everyone Peace Of Mind
It can give you peace of mind to know that your plans are in place and that you are going to get what you want in the future. You also have peace of mind that your family is in good hands and will be well cared for when the time comes. You have time on your hands to plan things out and that means you can think carefully about what you want, and what professionals you use.
When you decide that you want to have your final services planned out, funeral homes in Lafayette, LA are there to help you. The professionals at Pellerin Funeral Homes can give you the options you need to consider and then help you get everything down in writing. We can hold onto the plans for you, and give you copies to give to family as well. If you just want options now and want time to think it over, that’s okay, too.
Jim is originally from Orange, Texas and attended Northwestern State University while on a golf scholarship. Jim graduated in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
After graduation, he returned to Texas, where he started a family and worked for an industrial transportation warehouse.
In 2002, Jim received a degree in Applied Sciences from the Dallas Institute of Funeral Sciences and returned to Natchitoches. He has been professionally employed as a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer since obtaining this degree.
Jim joined the staff at Blanchard-St. Denis in March 2008 and became General Manager in 2017. Jim’s level of care for the families he serves is shown everyday by his strong work ethic and his compassion for others at one of the most difficult times in their life.
He is married to Laura Flores and together they are owners of a local restaurant. In his spare time, Jim enjoys spending time with his family and occasionally playing golf with his son, Joe.
Dawn Slaughter has been a resident of Natchitoches since 1994. She moved to Natchitoches from Bossier City to attend Northwestern State University, but South Louisiana will always be “home”. Her dad spent 23 years in the Air Force, during which time she was fortunate enough to live abroad for 3 years and traveled to several countries. She met her husband Jason, at NSU. They have three beautiful daughters, Madison, Morgan, and Mikayla. In 2011, she graduated from Northwestern.
She was a stay-at-home mom for many years. Her husband has subcontracted for cemetery service for the funeral home for over 20 years. She began working at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home in November of 2018 as the office administrator and received her funeral director’s license in July of 2019. Dawn takes pride in helping the families of Natchitoches during some of their most difficult times, and helping them prepare their final arrangements to lessen the grief for their families.
Dawn is very active in her church, teaching her little third graders in Sunday School and singing in the choir at Christmas time. She is a member of the Les Amies Service Organization and enjoys volunteering in the community. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, cooking and quilting. She is her daughter’s biggest fan in all of their pursuits.
Hunter was raised in Many, Louisiana, he graduated from Negreet High School in 2013. He then obtained an associate degree in applied sciences from Dallas institute of Funeral Service to practice Funeral Directing and Embalming.
In December of 2022, Hunter joined the staff of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Through Hunter’s 10 years of service in the funeral industry he learned how much he loves helping families through the toughest time of their life. Hunter takes pride in treating each family he cares for like his own.
Hunter has two children, Anniston Kate and Lawson. In his spare time, he enjoys fishing, hunting, watching any kind of sport, but most of all spending time his children and family.
Tommy started his career with Blanchard St. Denis working part-time. He joined our funeral home full-time in 2011 after retiring from the United States Postal Service with 37 years of service.
Tommy is a lifelong resident of Natchitoches where he graduated from St. Mary’s High School in 1970. He furthered his education by receiving an associate degree from Northwestern State University.
He is married to Lisa McClellan. They have 4 children between them and are fondly known as Pepaw and Nana to 8 wonderful grandchildren. Tommy loves the game of golf and plays every chance he gets. He is also a wonderful cook and enjoys doing so for his family.
Tommy is passionate about caring for and seeing the needs of others. He takes pride in helping the people in his community during one of the most difficult times in their life.
Steve was born in Natchitoches and raised in Montgomery. When he graduated from high school, he attended NSU and studied mechanical arts.
He began his career with Gifford Hill and Company, a major construction supply company. While working full-time Steve attended the Shreveport Beauty Academy at night and received his license for makeup and hair styling. After 30 years he retired from Gifford Hill as Regional Manager for the Southwest region.
Steve began working for Blanchard St. Denis in 2012. His new endeavor with our firm gave him the opportunity to work in funeral service, a field he had always wanted to be a part of. Steve loves working side by side with the team at Blanchard St. Denis and helping families after the loss of a loved one.
Steve is married to Phyllis Kinkle Stroud, they have 3 wonderful daughters and 6 beautiful grandchildren.
Anthony lives in Natchitoches. He was born and reared on Cane River and went to school at St. Joseph Elementary and St. Matthew High School in Melrose.
He is married to Janet and they have 2 sons, 6 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Anthony retired in 2006 from L&L Automotive which he co-owned with his brother. He then opened Anthony’s Auto, selling used cars. He also helps Janet with her catering business, Tatae’s. Anthony joined the team at Blanchard St. Denis in 2020.
Anthony Loves traveling with Janet, spending time with family and talking about cars with his sons and grandsons.
