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Our crematory is modern, clean and available for inspection.
The crematory is operated by licensed technicians who are also licensed funeral directors. |
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The Cremation Process
Cremation is a process of subjecting the body to intense heat and flame, approximately 1600 to 2000 degrees fahrenheit. This takes place in a chamber known as a cremation retort.
Unless the deceased has been embalmed, the remains are kept refrigerated until time for the process to begin. In North Carolina human remains can not be cremated within 24 hours after the time of death. This is known as the 24 hour waiting period.
Prior to cremation the deceased is placed in a rigid and closed container.
The General Statues of North Carolina, G. S. 90-210.129 states human remains shall be cremated only while enclosed in a cremation container.
The container requirement can range from a specifically designed corrugated cardboad box to a wooden casket, depending on individual preference. The container is consumed during the cremation process; it should not made of any non-flammable materials which would give off toxic fumes while burning.
The remains, in their container, are
placed in the crematory retort and
subjected to intense gas flame result-
ing in small bone fragments. It takes
approximately 60 minutes for the
remains to be consumed. The
| an example of a corrugated cremation box |
chamber requires several hours to cool before the remains may be removed. The remains are removed with with great care. Any metal parts from the cremation container, metal prostheses or other foreign objects are removed. This leaves about 6 to 8 pounds of bone fragments which are processed and reduced to a volume of approximately 200 cubic inches and the texture of coarse beach sand for easy handling. The cremated remains are now placed in a permanent urn chosen by the relatives or stored in a temporary non-permanent container.
For final disposition the deceased may be memorialized in a number of
different ways such as a columbarium, a cemetery plot or in any way the
relatives may decide.
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