Business Details
50+ Years
experience
Your Trusted Partner for Compassionate Funeral Services in Jonesboro, AR
Emerson Funeral Home has served Northeast Arkansas since 1932, offering compassionate funeral and cremation services tailored to individual needs. Our family-owned business prioritizes affordability while maintaining high standards of care, with an on-site crematory ensuring your loved one never leaves our care. We specialize in traditional services, cremation options, veteran honors, and personalized memorials through tribute videos, keepsakes, and live streaming.Our licensed professionals guide families through pre-planning, grief support, and navigating VA benefits. With decades of combined experience, we uphold a legacy of service excellence rooted in Craighead County's community needs.
Services
Traditional Services
Cremation Services
Personalization
Veteran Services
Plan Ahead
Details
- Year established: 1932
Highlights and features
- Family-owned since 1932 with deep community roots
- On-site crematory ensures continuous care of loved ones
- Most affordable cremation and funeral services in Jonesboro
- Specialized veteran service coordination with VA benefits expertise
- Personalized memorials including tribute videos and live streaming
Services
Traditional Services
Our traditional funeral services provide structured memorialization options for burial or cremation. Families receive guidance in planning visitations, chapel or off-site funeral ceremonies, and graveside services. We offer customizable elements including tribute videos, personalized displays, and professional life celebrant-led ceremonies to honor individual legacies while initiating the healing process.
Cremation Services
We provide comprehensive cremation services with flexible memorialization choices. Options include traditional funeral services followed by cremation, private memorial services, and permanent resting place solutions. Families may choose urn placement in columbariums, home retention, scattering in meaningful locations, or in-ground burial with personalized markers, all supported by our on-site crematory expertise.
Veteran Services
Specialized support for veteran families includes VA benefit coordination, military funeral honors with flag presentation, and memorial items. Our staff assists with documentation for headstones, burial allowances, and national cemetery interment. Services incorporate traditional elements like Taps, rifle details, and color guard presentations to honor service members' sacrifices according to established military protocols.
Personalization
We create tailored tributes through multimedia elements, artwork displays, and music selections. Options include photo collages, video tributes, customized memorial folders, and live-streaming for remote attendees. Our directors help incorporate personal interests, achievements, and family memories into ceremonies that authentically reflect the deceased's unique life story and personality.
Grief Support
Our grief resources include weekly support messages for one year post-loss, educational materials on the grieving process, and guidance for children's bereavement. We provide practical assistance navigating emotional challenges and connect families with professional counseling resources when needed, emphasizing long-term emotional well-being beyond immediate funeral services.
People
Toby Emerson
Owner/Operator/Funeral Director/Embalmer
Third-generation funeral director with over 40 years of experience. Serves as Craighead County Coroner and owns Emerson Ambulance Service. Graduated from Arkansas State University and maintains dual licensure in funeral services and embalming.
Lisa Emerson
Office Manager
Licensed funeral director with banking industry experience. Managed funeral home operations since 1998 after 20-year career at Union Planters Bank. Coordinates administrative functions and client interactions with personalized attention.
Amanda Emerson-Fahlberg
Funeral Director
Full-time funeral director since 2009. Coordinates service logistics and family consultations. Graduated from Arkansas State University with mortuary science training. Balances professional duties with family life in Jonesboro.
Milton Wayne Harbison
Funeral Director
Veteran funeral director since 2000 with military honors expertise. Serves as resident bugler for Taps performances. Holds dual roles as Chief Deputy Coroner and insurance specialist. Active in local law enforcement reserves and community organizations.
Jordan Foust
Funeral Director/Embalmer
Licensed funeral director with nursing background. Graduated from Vincennes University's mortuary program in 2023. Combines medical expertise with compassionate care. Serves as Deputy Coroner while managing embalming and pre-need arrangements.
Questions
What services does Emerson Funeral Home offer?
We provide traditional funerals, cremation services, veteran honors, personalized memorials, pre-planning options, and grief support resources.
Do you have an on-site crematory?
Yes, we're the only Jonesboro funeral home with an on-site crematory, ensuring continuous care of your loved one throughout the process.
Can I personalize a funeral service?
Absolutely. We offer tribute videos, photo displays, live streaming, customized music, and other elements to create meaningful, individualized memorials.
How do you support veteran families?
We coordinate VA benefits, military funeral honors with flag presentation, and memorial items. Our staff assists with documentation for headstones and burial allowances.
Is pre-planning available?
Yes, we offer comprehensive pre-planning services including documentation of wishes and optional pre-funding to ease future arrangements.
What grief resources do you provide?
We offer one-year weekly grief support messages, educational materials, and guidance for navigating the grieving process after loss.
