Hillside Memorial Chapel Hillside Gardens Perpetual Care Cemetery, Clarkesville, Georgia

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Our role at Hillside Memorial Chapel is to help you make the right choices and decisions in making funeral arrangements.

When planning a funeral, try not to do everything yourself. Call on family or friends to help you make arrangements.

The following are important people to notify:

Doctor

Coroner (or hospice, if applicable)

Clergy

Relatives and friends

Pallbearers

Insurance Agents

Banks

Unions and fraternal organizations

Organist

The following are choices you will need to make:

Cemetery property

Funeral service

Casket

Vault or outer container

Clothing

Flowers

Music

Thank-you announcements

Transportation

Time and place for funeral

Time and place for visitation

We will prepare the Social Security form. We will assist in determining the number of death certificates you will need and will order them. We will help coordinate arrangements with cemetery or memorial park.

**Obituary information**
**Hillside Memorial Chapel** will write the article and submit to the newspapers.
You will be asked to provide vital statistics about the deceased:
Birth date Birthplace Father’s name Mother’s name Social Security Number Veteran’s Discharge or Claim Number Education Marital status Age Place of birth Cause of death Occupation College degrees Memberships held Military service Outstanding work List of survivors in the immediate family Time and place of services Charities for memorial contributions

**Additional details**
Have someone to help answer phone calls, cards and letters, as well as greet friends and relatives when they call. Have addresses of all people who must be notified. Decide appropriate memorial to which gifts may be made (church, hospice, etc.). Have a list of distant persons to be notified by letter/or printed notice and decide which to send. Locate the will and notify lawyer and executor. Check all life and casualty insurance and death benefits, including social security, credit union, fraternal and military. Check on all debts and installment payments, including credit cards. Notify utilities and landlord and tell post office where to send mail (if deceased lived alone).