Gretna funeral home opened in 1983 as the first Davis Mortuary Service location, with a second home in Marrero. Davis Mortuary Service also operates Woodlawn Park Memorial Cemetery & Mausoleum, a 20-acre cemetery in Westwego established in 2004.

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Gretna branch of Rhodes Funeral Home, the New Orleans funeral business founded in 1884; it began as the Westbank Funeral Home, the first Rhodes branch. Rhodes arranges jazz funeral services and runs its own limousine fleet.

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Harvey funeral home of Mothe Funeral Homes, a firm founded in 1895, opened in 1961; the family built the West Bank's first formal chapel here. The firm has owned Westlawn Memorial Park in Gretna since 1987, offers a Harley motorcycle hearse and streams services online.

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Kenner cremation office for immediate-need and preplanned cremation, including prepaid plans, serving Lafayette, Metairie, Shreveport and Baton Rouge. It handles the death certificate and cremation permit, and its staff help families with veterans' benefits eligibility.

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Metairie funeral home with its own cemetery, serving families throughout Metairie, Kenner, Harahan, River Ridge and Destrehan. Its office is open 24 hours a day, every day of the week.

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Funeral home whose New Orleans service began in 1854, in Metairie since 1968 serving East Jefferson and New Orleans families, and among the first in the area to offer a full Catholic Mass in its chapel. The chapel seats about 200 in pews and has an organ; four parlors hold about 100 each, with on-site catering and a large reception area.

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