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Hazel Green, Alabama obituary + family action guide
Find a Hazel Green Funeral Home Obituary, Confirm the Service and Know What to Do Next
The Hazel Green Funeral Home obituaries covered here are published by Hazel Green Funeral Home at 13921 Hwy 231-431 North in Hazel Green, Alabama. Its current memorial system includes recent and older obituaries, service schedules, calendar tools, directions, guestbooks, flowers, memorial trees and keepsake-book features.
This page goes beyond an obituary directory. It explains what Hazel Green asks families to provide immediately after a death, how to avoid arriving at the wrong church or cemetery, current publicly advertised service prices, burial and cremation options, the funeral home’s on-site crematory, home and blended funeral choices, preplanning, comfort-dog support, Alabama death certificates, Madison County probate, Social Security and VA survivor tasks, and Alabama funeral/preneed consumer protections.
Fast answer
Hazel Green Funeral Home Obituaries: Start With These Four Facts
If you are going to a funeral, open the person’s memorial before opening Google Maps. Hazel Green Funeral Home regularly handles services where visitation, funeral and cemetery events use different locations.
Verify the correct business
Which Hazel Green Funeral Home Does This Guide Cover?
Hazel Green Funeral Home
13921 Hwy 231-431 N
Hazel Green, AL 35750
Phone: (256) 828-0035
Identity checks
- Official domain: hazelgreenfuneralhome.com.
- Location: Hazel Green, Alabama.
- Address: 13921 Hwy 231-431 North.
- Phone: (256) 828-0035.
- Individual memorial identifies Hazel Green Funeral Home.
A search for “Hazel Green obituaries” can return notices from newspapers, unrelated funeral homes and families simply connected with the Hazel Green community. Verify that the memorial itself identifies Hazel Green Funeral Home when that is the provider you need.
Official obituary search
How to Find a Hazel Green Funeral Home Obituary
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Open the official obituary directory
Start with Hazel Green Funeral Home’s own memorial system rather than an obituary aggregator or people-search website.
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Use “Search Obituaries”
Enter the person’s full name first.
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Simplify the name if necessary
If the complete name fails, remove a middle name, title or suffix. Then try only the surname.
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Open “Visit Obituary”
Do not stop at the directory preview. The individual memorial contains the useful event and memorial details.
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Verify identity
Compare the name, dates, hometown/community and public family information before acting on the result.
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Scroll to each event
Visitation, funeral, Celebration of Life, graveside service, burial and inurnment may appear separately.
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Use the address attached to the event
Do not replace a church or cemetery address with the funeral home’s main address.
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Recheck before travel
If the service is upcoming, reopen the live memorial the day of the event whenever possible.
Find Search Obituaries → enter the name → choose Visit Obituary → verify the person → scroll to the event schedule → use the event’s Directions or calendar feature when available.
Dated official-feed snapshot
Recent Hazel Green Funeral Home Obituaries Verified in August 2026
Recent individual memorials published by Hazel Green Funeral Home during this review included:
Hazel Green can publish a newer memorial after this article is updated. Always use the official live directory for the newest notices.
How to subscribe to new obituary alerts
- Open Hazel Green Funeral Home’s obituary directory.
- Scroll to the Subscribe area.
- Enter the requested email address.
- Complete the confirmation shown by the site.
- Use the subscription to avoid repeatedly refreshing the obituary list.
The obituary subscription is designed to notify you about newly posted notices. Hazel Green also offers a separate one-year grief-message program.
Archive troubleshooting
Can’t Find the Obituary? Use a Different Search Route
That makes the funeral home’s own paginated archive useful for genealogy and older family-history research, not only recent funeral notices.
Confirm dates, locality and other public details before treating two similarly named people as the same person.
Read beyond the obituary text
What You Can Find on a Hazel Green Memorial Page
Hazel Green specifically describes online memorial sharing as a way to distribute service information. A central official memorial reduces the chance that relatives keep circulating an old copied time or address.
Some families ask for donations to a church, library, charity or another organization instead of flowers. The family’s written preference should come first.
Do not drive to the wrong place
A Hazel Green Obituary Can Contain Three Different Service Locations
His August 2026 memorial listed visitation and funeral at Hazel Green Funeral Home on Sunday, followed by a separate Monday graveside service at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, 1799 Phillips Road in New Market.
Her visitation and funeral were held at Murphy Hill Baptist Church in Toney, while the following day’s graveside service was at Charity Cemetery in Hazel Green. The funeral-home building was not the public service venue.
A death has just occurred
What Hazel Green Funeral Home Says to Do First
Call (256) 828-0035. The funeral home’s Immediate Need page says families may call day or night. Staff can arrange to bring the deceased into their care and schedule a time to begin funeral arrangements.
Hazel Green also publishes an Immediate Need form. The form is useful even if you prefer to call because it shows exactly which information the funeral home expects to gather.
About the deceased
- First, middle and last name.
- Date of birth.
- Date of death.
- Social Security number.
Pronouncement / certification
- Whether a doctor or coroner has been notified.
- Name of doctor signing the death certificate.
- Physician email.
- Physician telephone.
- Physician address.
Person legally responsible
- Full name.
- Relationship to deceased.
- Address.
- Primary/secondary phone.
- Best time to call.
Existing plans
- Whether a prearrangement exists.
- Name under which it was filed.
- Any other written funeral instructions.
Use Hazel Green’s official process for arrangement information. Sensitive records should only go to the funeral home or the verified agency that needs them.
Call the funeral home first when help is urgent → review the form fields → gather the deceased person’s identity, doctor/coroner information and legally responsible person’s contact details → submit sensitive information only through the funeral home’s official process.
Prepare before sitting down
Arrangement Meeting Checklist: Information Worth Gathering Before You Go
Identity and death record
- Full legal name.
- Social Security number.
- Date/place of birth.
- Residence.
- Marital status.
- Parents’ names.
- Mother’s maiden name.
Funeral decisions
- Burial or cremation.
- Viewing/visitation preferences.
- Funeral or memorial service.
- Church or venue.
- Cemetery.
- Clergy/celebrant.
- Music and speakers.
Useful documents
- Existing prearrangement.
- Insurance information.
- Military discharge papers.
- Cemetery documents.
- Recent photograph.
- Obituary/family notes.
Have one person verify names, spellings, birth information and family relationships before the obituary and death certificate are finalized. Correcting the source data early is much easier than correcting copied information later.
Alabama’s Electronic Death Registration System performs validation and Social Security-number verification as part of death-certificate registration. Accurate information from the family can reduce later amendments.
Know the local team
Hazel Green Staff Roles That Are Especially Useful to Families
Craig Whisenant, CFSP, CCO
Owner & President, Funeral Director, Embalmer, Cremationist.
His current biography identifies him as a 1997 Hazel Green High School graduate, Alabama-licensed embalmer and funeral director in Alabama and Tennessee.
Laura Whisenant, CFSP
Vice President / Secretary / Treasurer & Licensed Funeral Director.
Hazel Green’s current staff page specifically says Laura assists families by filing life-insurance claims and oversees death-certificate filing.
Robbie Norman
Family Services — Preplanning and Aftercare Specialist.
Her current staff biography says she assists families with preplanning and continues to provide support after funeral-home services are complete.
For example, funeral arrangements, insurance claims, preplanning and aftercare may be handled by different members of the Hazel Green team.
Find the staff member/role connected with your task → use the funeral home’s main number for routing if you are unsure → do not rely on an old third-party staff directory when current responsibilities matter.
Published funeral-home pricing
Current Hazel Green Funeral Home Prices Published Online
Unlike many funeral-home websites that publish no numbers, Hazel Green currently displays several public price references. These should be treated as advertised service prices or ranges, not as a guarantee that every family’s final bill will equal the headline amount.
Ask what is included, what is optional, which amounts are cash-advance or third-party expenses, and whether cemetery, obituary, death-certificate, permit, transportation, crematory or merchandise charges are separate.
What to ask when requesting a written quote
- Name the exact service you want priced.
- Ask for the current General Price List.
- Ask which services are included in the advertised amount.
- Ask which charges vary by casket, urn, cemetery or outside provider.
- Ask whether embalming is required for the specific arrangements you selected.
- Ask for a written itemized statement before approving the arrangement.
- Keep the quote and final statement together.
These figures were checked against Hazel Green Funeral Home’s public website on August 25, 2026. Funeral-home prices can change, so verify the current figure before relying on it for a financial decision.
Compare the main choices
Burial, Cremation, Memorial and Graveside Services
Visitation
Hazel Green says visitation can be personalized with tribute video, meaningful items, displays or photographs.
Funeral Service
The service can be held in Hazel Green’s chapel, a church or another venue chosen by the family.
Life Celebrant
Hazel Green says trained life celebrants are available when a family does not choose clergy.
Graveside Service
A graveside service can replace a traditional funeral or follow a separate visitation.
Committal Service
The funeral home’s burial guide describes a committal as typically following the funeral at the cemetery.
On-site Crematory
Hazel Green states that it operates its own on-site crematory.
| Choice | Burial route | Cremation route |
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| Viewing / visitation | Can precede funeral and cemetery burial. | Hazel Green says a final viewing/visitation can precede cremation. |
| Funeral service | Chapel, church or another family-selected venue. | Hazel Green offers a funeral service followed by cremation. |
| Memorial service | Can be added according to family preference. | Can be held in chapel, church or another chosen venue. |
| Final resting place | Cemetery or other lawful burial option. | Urn at home, columbarium niche, urn burial or scattering are described by Hazel Green. |
Hazel Green’s own service information shows that a family can choose viewing, visitation and a funeral before cremation or hold a memorial service separately.
Review Visitation → Funeral Service → Graveside Service → Committal Service → write down which events your family wants → ask for the current itemized price of that exact combination.
Compare Funeral Service followed by Cremation → Memorial Service → Graveside Service → Permanent Memorialization → verify the current price and inclusions before approving an arrangement.
A distinctive Hazel Green resource
Hazel Green Supports Home and “Blended” Funeral Discussions
Hazel Green Funeral Home publishes a dedicated Green Burial & Life Celebration resource covering home and blended funerals. That makes this funeral home unusually explicit about families participating directly in after-death care.
Home funeral
Hazel Green describes a home funeral as a situation where family members keep or bring the deceased home for some period following death and may participate in washing, dressing, cooling, visitation and an intimate service.
The funeral home’s page also notes that the next of kin or designated agent assumes responsibility for required paperwork when the family handles the process itself.
Blended funeral
Hazel Green describes a blended funeral as one where the family handles the parts that are meaningful to them while using a funeral director for selected professional tasks such as paperwork or transportation.
This can be useful for families who want more participation without taking responsibility for every administrative or transportation step.
The funeral home’s home/blended-funeral resource specifically offers assistance with Alabama’s electronic filing process, and the Alabama Department of Public Health confirms that funeral homes participate in the state’s Electronic Death Registration System.
Alabama has specific rules governing final disposition, permits and transportation of dead human bodies. Before handling transportation or final disposition yourself, confirm the current process with Hazel Green Funeral Home, Alabama Vital Records or the applicable regulator.
Read What Are Home Funerals? → What Are Blended Funerals? → identify which responsibilities the family wants to handle → call Hazel Green at (256) 828-0035 to confirm paperwork, transportation and final-disposition requirements before acting.
Planning before immediate need
Preplanning: Record the Decisions Your Family Would Otherwise Have to Guess
Disposition choices
- Burial.
- Cremation.
- Green/home funeral involvement.
- Cemetery or final resting place.
Service choices
- Visitation.
- Funeral or memorial.
- Church/chapel/other venue.
- Clergy or celebrant.
- Music/readings.
- Flowers or donations.
Practical preparation
- Make sure the will can be found.
- Locate military papers.
- Document cemetery ownership.
- Record obituary information.
- Tell a trusted person where the plan is kept.
You can first document what you want. If you later consider a prepaid/preneed contract, treat that as a separate financial transaction and verify the seller’s authority and contract terms.
Its current staff directory identifies Robbie Norman as the Family Services — Preplanning and Aftercare Specialist.
Protect the financial decision
FTC Funeral Rule + Alabama Funeral Service Board Consumer Checks
Read telephone prices → General Price List → casket/outer-container price lists → buy only what you want → use those rights when reviewing Hazel Green’s current advertised prices.
Alabama Board of Funeral Service
The Alabama Board of Funeral Service is the state’s funeral-profession licensing and regulatory agency. Its consumer portal can be used to find a licensed individual, find a licensed business, file a complaint and review preneed consumer information.
Find a Business
Use the Board’s consumer tools to verify an establishment’s current state licensing record.
Find a Licensee
Verify an individual funeral professional through the Board rather than relying only on a third-party directory.
Preneed
Alabama provides consumer guidance and search tools for approved preneed certificate holders and registered sales agents.
Complaint
The Board provides a formal consumer complaint route when a regulatory issue needs review.
Verify that the seller and applicable preneed authority are properly registered. Alabama law requires a valid Certificate of Authority to sell or receive money on qualifying preneed contracts.
Choose Find a Business, Find a Licensee, File a Complaint or Preneed Consumer Information according to your actual task → keep screenshots or confirmation records when the issue involves a financial contract.
Veteran funeral assistance
Veteran Services, Burial Allowances and Military Documents
Hazel Green lists Veteran Services among its funeral-service options, and current obituaries show that the funeral home serves many military families in north Alabama.
Military funeral honors
Tell the funeral home that the deceased served in the Armed Forces and locate discharge documents as early as possible.
VA burial allowance
Eligible claimants may qualify for reimbursement of certain funeral, burial, plot or transportation expenses.
National cemetery
Eligible Veterans and qualifying family members may qualify for VA national-cemetery burial.
Headstone / marker
VA provides qualifying government memorial-item benefits.
Burial flag
Eligible Veterans may qualify for a U.S. burial flag.
Pre-need eligibility
VA allows families to investigate national-cemetery eligibility before the time of need.
VA currently lists a maximum $2,000 burial allowance for qualifying service-connected deaths. For qualifying non-service-connected cases, VA lists a $1,002 burial allowance and a $1,002 plot allowance under the applicable rules. Eligibility determines what actually applies.
Keep these documents
- DD-214 or other discharge papers.
- Death certificate.
- Paid funeral/cemetery receipts.
- Transportation receipts when applicable.
- Funeral-home/cemetery statement when VA requires it.
Check eligibility → identify the benefit being requested → gather death/discharge/expense documentation → review the current application method and Form 21P-530EZ when required → save the submitted claim confirmation.
Aftercare and in-person support
One Year of Grief Messages + Hazel Green’s Comfort Dogs
A Year of Grief Support
Hazel Green’s website offers signup for one year of weekly grief messages designed to provide support during the year after a loss.
- Open the obituary page.
- Find A Year of Grief Support.
- Enter the requested subscription information.
- Keep any confirmation email.
Dale and Roy
Hazel Green’s current staff directory identifies Dale as a therapy/comfort dog and Roy as a comfort dog.
Hazel Green specifically says Dale is available to serve families at no charge on request.
Do not assume the dog will automatically be present. Request availability through the funeral home.
Someone who needs professional counseling or urgent mental-health support should use an appropriate licensed healthcare provider or emergency service.
Alabama vital records
How to Obtain an Alabama Death Certificate
Alabama death certificates are maintained by the Alabama Department of Public Health’s Center for Health Statistics. Death certificates less than 25 years old have restricted access.
First certified copy
$15 search fee, which includes one certified copy if the record is found.
Additional copies
$6 each when ordered at the same time.
Expedited request
ADPH currently lists an additional $15 expedite fee.
Vital Records phone
Who can usually obtain a recent restricted Alabama death certificate?
- Mother or father.
- Husband or wife.
- Son or daughter.
- Sister or brother.
- Qualifying grandchild.
- Legal representative of the family or estate.
- Informant listed on the death certificate.
Information ADPH asks for
- Full legal name of deceased.
- Date of death.
- County or city of death.
- Sex.
- Social Security number when available.
- Date of birth or age at death.
- Race.
- Spouse name.
- Parents’ names.
- Your name, relationship, signature, mailing address and daytime phone.
Mail to the Center for Health Statistics, order through Alabama’s approved VitalChek route, or visit an Alabama county health department. ADPH says most certificates requested through a county health department can be issued while you wait.
Local Madison County option
Madison County Health Department
301 Max Luther Drive NW
Huntsville, AL 35811
Main: (256) 539-3711
Vital Records: (256) 533-8677
Why this route can be useful
The Madison County Health Department provides certified birth, death, marriage and divorce records and currently posts general operating hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Call before traveling when a same-day certificate is important.
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Determine how many certified copies are really needed
Ask banks, insurers, pension administrators and court/estate professionals whether they require an original certified copy.
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Confirm that the requester qualifies
Recent Alabama death certificates remain restricted for 25 years.
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Choose county health department, mail or online
Select based on urgency, fees and travel needs.
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Prepare identification and record details
Incomplete information can delay or prevent processing.
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Save the receipt or confirmation
Keep it until the requested certificates arrive or are picked up.
Alabama allows corrections to personal/demographic information through an amendment process. Hazel Green’s staff page says Laura Whisenant oversees death-certificate filing, so contact the funeral home promptly when the error relates to information supplied during arrangements.
Read Restrictions → confirm you can order → review Cost → prepare the required information → choose mail, county health department or online/telephone → keep proof of the request.
Madison County estate administration
Where Probate Starts for a Hazel Green / Madison County Estate
Hazel Green is in Madison County. When a deceased person was legally domiciled in Madison County, the Madison County Probate Court is the local court responsible for probate of wills and estate administration, subject to Alabama jurisdiction rules.
Madison County Probate Judge — Main Office
Madison County Service Center
1918 Memorial Parkway NW
Huntsville, AL 35801
Probate contact: (256) 532-3330
Current posted office time:
Monday-Friday, beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Prepare before contacting probate
- Original will if one exists.
- Certified death certificate.
- Basic asset/property information.
- Names/contact information for heirs.
- Known debts or claims.
- Information about the proposed personal representative.
Deliver the will
Madison County explains that a person possessing the will must deliver it to the Probate Court or to someone able to have it probated.
Generally where the deceased lived
Madison County’s official probate FAQ says wills generally should be filed for probate in the county where the deceased lived.
Five-year will filing rule
The county states that a will must be filed for probate within five years of the testator’s death to be effective.
Court staff cannot advise you
The Probate Judge, clerks and staff repeatedly caution that they are prohibited from giving legal advice.
Madison County’s published intestate-estate workflow
- Petition filed.
- Immediate control of estate.
- Inventory generally within two months.
- Bond when required.
- Notice to heirs.
- Letters of Administration granted.
- Claims notice published once a week for three weeks plus individual notice to known claimants.
- Claims generally filed within six months.
- Estate generally cannot be divided until claims and expenses are paid.
- Court approves attorney fees when applicable.
The county’s current page lists a total-estate threshold of $28,024 or less for the summary-distribution description and advises seeking legal counsel to determine whether the procedure actually applies.
Ownership form, jointly held property, beneficiary designations, debts, real estate, family relationships and other legal facts can change the correct route.
Current published filing-fee examples
| Madison County probate item | Current posted fee |
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| Will | $47.00 |
| Administration | $37.00 |
| Administration with Will Annexed | $74.00 |
| Inventory | $25.00 |
| Summary Distribution | $50.00 |
Read Probate of Wills → confirm proper county → review administration steps → check the current summary-distribution information → use the separate fee page for current court costs → call (256) 532-3330 when you need procedural routing.
Family task map
What Usually Happens After the Funeral Home Is Contacted
Not every family needs every step, and legal/financial tasks should be handled in the order appropriate to the estate.
First identify the executor, administrator or other person authorized to act and confirm what each institution requires.
Ask each major institution whether it requires an original certified copy. Some return certificates or use electronic verification.
Current funeral-home location
Hazel Green Funeral Home Address, Phone and Map
Hazel Green Funeral Home
13921 Hwy 231-431 N
Hazel Green, AL 35750
United States
Telephone: (256) 828-0035
Use this address when
You are meeting funeral-home staff, attending an event explicitly scheduled at Hazel Green Funeral Home, or visiting the business itself.
Do not automatically use it when an obituary schedules the funeral at a church or burial at a cemetery.
Open Google Maps directions to Hazel Green Funeral Home
For a funeral or visitation, the person’s obituary is a better starting point than the funeral home’s general map listing because the memorial identifies the actual venue.
Actionable primary sources
Hazel Green, Alabama and Federal Resources Explained
Official Obituaries
Use when: locating a person, service schedule, directions, flowers or guestbook.
Immediate Need
Use when: a death has just occurred and the family wants Hazel Green Funeral Home.
Burial Services
Use when: comparing visitation, funeral, graveside and committal options.
Cremation Services
Use when: comparing funeral-before-cremation, memorial and final-resting-place choices.
Home / Blended Funerals
Use when: a family wants hands-on participation or green/home-funeral information.
Current Staff
Use when: identifying current funeral directors, preplanning or aftercare roles.
Death Certificates
Use when: requesting an Alabama certified death record or checking restrictions/fees.
Local Vital Records
Use when: getting an Alabama death certificate through the local county health department.
Probate Estates / Wills
Use when: probate, administration, wills or summary-distribution questions arise.
Funeral Service Consumer Portal
Use when: checking licensing, business status, complaints or preneed information.
FTC Funeral Rule
Use when: reviewing funeral prices and your purchasing rights.
Social Security After a Death
Use when: checking death reporting, survivor benefits or the lump-sum payment.
VA Burial Benefits
Use when: checking Veteran burial/funeral reimbursement.
Direct answers
15 FAQs About Hazel Green Funeral Home Obituaries
1. Where can I search official Hazel Green Funeral Home obituaries?
Use Hazel Green Funeral Home’s official obituary directory at hazelgreenfuneralhome.com/obituaries. Search the person’s name and open the complete individual memorial.
2. What is Hazel Green Funeral Home’s address?
The current funeral-home address is 13921 Hwy 231-431 N, Hazel Green, Alabama 35750.
3. What is Hazel Green Funeral Home’s phone number?
The current main telephone is (256) 828-0035. Hazel Green says families may call day or night when a death has occurred.
4. Are all Hazel Green funerals held at the funeral home?
No. Current memorials show funerals at churches and separate graveside services at cemeteries. Use the address attached to the event on the individual obituary.
5. How can I find an older Hazel Green Funeral Home obituary?
Search the name, simplify it if necessary and browse the funeral home’s older paginated obituary pages. The current directory contains memorials going back at least to 2011.
6. Can I subscribe to new Hazel Green obituaries?
Yes. The official obituary directory includes a subscription option for alerts when new obituaries are posted.
7. What information does Hazel Green ask for when a death has just occurred?
The Immediate Need form requests identifying information about the deceased, doctor/coroner and certifying-physician information, contact details for the person legally responsible for disposition, and information about any existing prearrangement.
8. Does Hazel Green Funeral Home publish prices?
Yes. As reviewed August 25, 2026, its homepage advertised services beginning at $1,775, its Burial Services page displayed a $2,695-$16,500 range, its funeral-service-followed-by-cremation option was listed at $4,395, and memorial service pricing was shown at $450-$650. Verify current prices and inclusions before purchasing.
9. Does Hazel Green have its own crematory?
Yes. Hazel Green Funeral Home’s current Cremation Services page states that it has an on-site crematory.
10. Does Hazel Green Funeral Home support home funerals?
Hazel Green publishes guidance about home and blended funerals and says it can assist families with selected professional tasks, including Alabama electronic death-certificate filing. Legal, transportation and disposition requirements should be confirmed before acting independently.
11. Does Hazel Green provide comfort dogs?
Its current staff page identifies Dale as a therapy/comfort dog and Roy as a comfort dog. Hazel Green specifically says Dale is available to serve families at no charge on request.
12. How much is an Alabama death certificate?
ADPH currently charges $15 for a search that includes one certified copy if the record is found. Additional copies ordered at the same time are $6 each, and an additional expedite fee may apply.
13. Can I obtain an Alabama death certificate in Huntsville?
Yes. The Madison County Health Department at 301 Max Luther Drive NW in Huntsville provides certified vital records. The current Vital Records phone number is (256) 533-8677.
14. Where does probate start for a Hazel Green resident?
If Madison County is the proper Alabama probate jurisdiction, the Madison County Probate Judge handles probate of wills and estate administration. The Probate Office lists its main probate contact as (256) 532-3330.
15. Does Hazel Green offer grief support?
Yes. Hazel Green offers a year of weekly grief-support messages and identifies staff who provide aftercare support.
Federal survivor tasks
Social Security After a Death
Funeral homes generally report deaths
SSA says funeral homes generally notify Social Security when someone dies.
Survivor benefits are separate
A funeral-home death report does not automatically complete a spouse’s, child’s or parent’s survivor-benefit application.
Who may qualify
Potential beneficiaries can include qualifying spouses, divorced spouses, children and dependent parents.
$255 lump-sum death payment
A qualifying spouse or, in certain cases, qualifying children may be eligible.
Social Security: 1-800-772-1213
Survivors should separately check their own eligibility.
Review death reporting → lump-sum death payment → survivor benefits → identify who might qualify → call SSA if an application or unreported death requires action.