Funeral Homes in Lexington, Kentucky

12 funeral homes and crematories in Lexington, Kentucky. 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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12 funeral homes and crematories in Lexington

Bluegrass Cremation & Burial Service

608 W. Fourth Street, Lexington, KY 40508

Lexington direct cremation provider with a crematory on site, locally owned since 2011. It offers direct cremation alone, makes every arrangement by phone, and serves all of Kentucky.

Cremation

1-859-523-9661

Care Cremation & Funeral Service

1014 Eastland Drive, Lexington, KY 40505

Lexington funeral home running the city's first and only on-site crematory provided by a family owned funeral service. Visitations are held in its chapel, which seats up to 100, and its licensed funeral directors include certified crematory operators.

CremationBurialPre-need arrangements

1-859-388-9442

Fender Funeral Directors

1593 Russell Cave Road, Lexington, KY 40505

Lexington funeral home founded by a Lexington native, with a small staff of funeral directors, one of them an embalmer and cremation advisor. Its motto is "Serving every family within their means."

1-859-293-0157

Hawkins-Taylor Funeral Home, LLC

425 Race Street, Lexington, KY 40508

Lexington funeral home opened in 1921 by the Hawkins family in Keene, Kentucky, and later moved to Lexington; its third-generation owner has run it since 1990. It offers more than 40 funeral service packages to families in Central Kentucky.

1-859-255-7633

Janazah Funeral Home

1545 Russell Cave, Lexington, KY 40505

Lexington nonprofit funeral home for the Muslim community, established in 2017 with the Muslim Cemetery of Central Kentucky, owned by Masjid Bilal Ibn Rabah and professionally operated by Fender Funeral Directors. Its funerals follow the Quran and Sunnah.

Muslim funerals

Kerr Brothers Funeral Home

463 East Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507

Lexington funeral home of the Kerr family firm, which began in the city in 1905 with a horse-drawn hearse and moved into a historic home in 1935, adding a chapel in 1967. Services are streamed online.

CremationOut-of-state and international transport

1-859-252-6767

Kerr Brothers Funeral Home

3421 Harrodsburg Road, Lexington, KY 40513

Lexington funeral home opened by the third and fourth generations of the Kerr family as the modern second location of the family firm that began in the city in 1905. Services are streamed online.

CremationOut-of-state and international transport

1-859-223-3140

Milward - Southland Funeral Home

391 Southland Drive, Lexington, KY 40503

Lexington funeral home of Milward Funeral Directors, the city's oldest business, family-owned for six generations. Cremations take place at the firm's own private crematory in Lexington, and Gus, the Milward family's black Lab comfort dog, can be found at any of its three locations.

BurialCremationGreen burialPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-859-276-1415

Milward Funeral Directors - Man O' War

1509 Trent Blvd., Lexington, KY 40515

Lexington funeral home of Milward Funeral Directors, the city's oldest business, family-owned for six generations. The firm's Celebration Center of Lexington, an events venue for funeral services, life celebrations and catered receptions, shares this home's address, and cremations take place at the firm's own crematory in Lexington.

BurialCremationGreen burialPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-859-272-3414

Milward Funeral Directors, Inc.

159 N. Broadway, Lexington, KY 40507

Lexington funeral home, the downtown location of Milward Funeral Directors, the city's oldest business and the 37th oldest continuously operating business in the United States, family-owned for six generations. The firm cremates at its own private crematory in Lexington under a 10-step identification process.

BurialCremationGreen burialPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-859-252-3411

O.L. Hughes & Sons Mortuary

322 East Third Street, Lexington, KY 40508

Lexington mortuary, family owned and operated since 1983, in the building that was formerly the Claughton-Brown Funeral Home; the Hughes family traces its start in the trade to Hawkins Funeral Home in Lexington. Its services include graveside ceremonies, grief support and work alongside other funeral homes.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-859-233-7112

Smith & Smith Funeral Home

340 E. Third Street, Lexington, KY 40508

1-859-255-6273

Death Certificates and the Coroner in Fayette County

Vital Records Office Record

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services - Office of Vital Statistics

Fayette County · State vital records office

Phone

1-502-564-4212

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM ET (except state holidays)

Office

275 East Main Street, Frankfort, KY 40621

Website

Vital records page →

Certified copies

From Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services - Office of Vital Statistics; the Local Health Department files the certificate and issues no copies to the public

Certified copy fee

$6 per copy

Full death certificate details →

Verified October 15, 2026 · Source

Coroner or Medical Examiner Record