The indigent burial program provides assistance with burial or cremation services.
In all instances, cremation shall be the preferred method of disposition. However, reasonable efforts will be made to comply with a request for burial at the request of a relative of the deceased.
Should the family of the deceased wish burial and do not have a plot, burial is available at the New Memphis Cemetery in Palmetto.
Who is Eligible:
An individual whose death occurs in Manatee County who has no known advance directives, authorized representative, or next of kin, willing and able to make final disposition of the remains of the deceased person.
For further information, please call (941) 749-3030