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Funeral Homes in DeSoto County, Florida

1 funeral home or crematory in DeSoto County, Florida. Each listing names the services the home offers, the faiths it serves and the languages its staff speak, with its address, its phone and a link to its general price list where it posts one.

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Licence rows come from the Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services; what a home offers comes from its own site. SimplyTrust lists no prices, no reviews and no rankings, and does not endorse any home. Contact a home directly for its general price list, which the Funeral Rule requires it to provide.

1 funeral home or crematory in DeSoto County

Funeral homeArcadia, FL

Hickson Funeral Home - Arcadia

In Arcadia, Hickson Funeral Home arranges funeral, graveside and memorial services and offers cremation services, preplanning and help with veterans' benefits. Its history dates to 1924, when it was established as the Arcadia Funeral Home, the oldest continuously operated funeral home in DeSoto County.

ServicesCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

Address
142 South Orange AvenueArcadia, FL
Phone
1-863-494-2920
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