TN
Cremation in Tennessee
NFDA’s 2024 report projects that 50.8% of deaths in Tennessee will be cremated in 2025. That sits below the same report’s national projection of 63.3%.
Projected 2025 cremation rate
50.8%
Crematories in 2023
88
NFDA count
US direct cremation median
$2,750
Funeral home’s container
What a family in Tennessee should compare
NFDA does not publish a Tennessee price median. The national median for direct cremation is $2,645 when the family provides the container and $2,750 when the funeral home does. A funeral with a viewing and cremation has a national median of $6,280. The only price that binds a funeral home in Tennessee is the one on its General Price List.
Ask for that list before you choose. Direct cremation must be on it, and the price has to include the basic services fee. Then ask which container is included, and which charges are cash advances, such as the death certificate, an obituary, or a cemetery fee.
Funeral homes on file in Tennessee
None yet. A funeral home is published here after its General Price List is parsed. Until then, use the national benchmarks and call two or three homes for their current lists.
National price medians are from the NFDA 2023 General Price List Study, published in the 2024 NFDA Cremation & Burial Report. State cremation rates are that report’s 2025 projections, not a funeral home’s current price. A home is added to this directory only after its own General Price List is on file.