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Find the Right Brown Funeral Home Obituary, Chapel and Service Address
Brown’s obituary system serves three Eastern Panhandle chapels and lets readers search current or past services by name and date.
The individual memorial can then answer a different set of questions: which chapel handled the arrangements, where visitation occurs, whether the funeral is at a church, where burial takes place and how to leave an online tribute.
Choose the shortest route
Which Brown Funeral Home Tool Should You Use?
Brown’s official obituary directory with a name search, start-date and end-date fields, branch filtering and links into individual memorial pages.
Use Brown’s filters properly
Four Ways to Narrow a Brown Funeral Home Obituary Search
Start with the person’s full name. Simplify to surname if the exact format is uncertain.
Useful when you know approximately when the death or funeral occurred.
Create a reasonable date window rather than scanning years of memorials.
Use the chapel selector when you know Martinsburg, Ranson or Inwood handled the arrangements.
Confirm both the person and the West Virginia Brown Funeral Homes branch before assuming you found the correct memorial.
Three active facilities
Which Brown Chapel Is Handling the Family?
Brown Funeral Home, Inc.
327 West King Street
Martinsburg, WV 25401
Phone:
(304) 263-8896
Fax:
(304) 263-9248
Jefferson Chapel
114 N. Mildred Street
Ranson, WV 25438
Phone:
(304) 725-5321
Fax:
(304) 725-4767
South Berkeley Chapel
287 Arden Nollville Road
Inwood, WV 25428
Phone:
(304) 229-4977
Fax:
(304) 229-4909
The current official contact pages list info@brownfuneralhomeswv.com for Martinsburg, Jefferson Chapel and South Berkeley Chapel.
Brown’s current Contact Us page displays “Aquí hablamos Español.” Call the relevant location if Spanish-language assistance is needed.
What the memorial contains
How to Read a Brown Funeral Home Memorial Page
Some Brown memorials direct supporters to a church, charity or other cause. That family request should take priority over a generic flower option.
More than a static obituary
Brown’s “Book of Memories” Online Memorial Tools
Brown explains that its Book of Memories memorial websites are designed as interactive memorial spaces rather than one-time obituary notices.
Brown’s explanation of its Book of Memories memorial websites and the interactive tribute tools available through that system.
Before traveling
The Brown Chapel Handling the Family May Not Be the Funeral Venue
A 2026 memorial showed visitation at South Berkeley Chapel in Inwood, a Mass at St. Leo Catholic Church and interment at St. Leo Cemetery.
Another 2026 memorial listed a graveside service at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton even though arrangements were entrusted to Brown Funeral Home.
A death has just occurred
Brown Says a Funeral Director Is Available by Phone 24/7
Call the Martinsburg number for immediate assistance
Brown’s current Contact Us page says to call (304) 263-8896 24 hours a day.
The page specifically states that callers speak with a person rather than an answering service or machine.
Brown’s current contact page with all three chapel addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, email address and the 24-hour call instruction.
Prepare before the conference
What Brown Suggests Families Gather for Funeral Arrangements
Brown’s service and “What to Expect” pages provide a useful preparation list. Gathering what you already have can reduce extra calls after the arrangement meeting.
Brown’s official arrangement checklist also includes sensitive identifying information such as a Social Security number. Provide private identifiers only to the authorized funeral home or responsible agency—not to FuneralHomeObituaries.org.
Brown’s explanation of the first funeral-home visit, price documents provided during arrangements, biographical information to gather and ceremony-planning items.
Practical paperwork
How Many Certified Death Certificates Might a Family Need?
Brown says obtaining certified death certificates for the family is a standard service. The family decides how many copies to order.
Brown’s service overview says it notifies the Social Security Administration of the death. The page notes that dependent-child situations can have additional death-certificate requirements.
Institutions have different rules, and some return certified copies. Make a list of the actual accounts and ask Brown or each institution what it currently requires.
The official Service Overview page contains the death-certificate guidance along with Brown’s service list and arrangement-conference preparation information.
Services listed by Brown
What Brown Funeral Homes Says It Can Help Arrange
Cremation does not remove the ceremony choice
Brown’s Cremation Options in Practical Terms
Service before cremation
A traditional or personalized ceremony can occur before cremation.
Service after cremation
A memorial or celebration of life can be scheduled later when family and friends can gather.
Final placement
Cremated remains may be kept, buried, placed in a columbarium or handled through another permitted memorial choice.
The current website describes Brown as providing local cremation services rather than automatically sending every case to a distant third-party crematory.
Brown’s practical cremation-planning guide covering family discussion, documenting wishes, ceremony timing, photographs, music and decisions about cremated remains.
Military-family shortcut
Brown Has a Separate Veteran Memorial Search
Veteran Memorial Wall
Brown maintains a searchable memorial view specifically for people entrusted to its care who served in the U.S. armed forces.
The search includes name and date controls similar to the general obituary system.
DD-214 matters
Brown’s benefits page says the family should provide discharge paperwork when requesting its help with veteran-related benefits.
Current eligibility should still be verified under current VA rules.
A Brown Funeral Homes obituary search dedicated to veterans previously entrusted to the funeral home’s care.
Plan before an immediate need
Brown’s Pre-Arrangement Process Without the Extra Reading
Pre-Arrange Online
Brown provides an account-based online tool that can save a plan, let the user return later, print it and submit it to the funeral home.
The form covers family information, employment, military service, cemetery details and service preferences.
Preplanning consultant
Brown’s current staff and pre-arrangement pages identify Steve Hedges as its Certified Preplanning Consultant.
The page directs people with preplanning questions to call Brown and ask for him.
Brown’s planning steps, access to its online planning tool and information about its planning guide and preplanning contact.
An interactive three-step Brown form: Family Information → Preferences → Summary. It requires an account so the plan can be saved and edited.
The current pre-arrangement page advertises a free planning guide, but a stable public direct PDF URL was not verified during this review. This article therefore does not invent a PDF address.
Useful planning checklist already published by Brown
Information Brown Suggests Organizing Before It Is Needed
A longer official funeral pre-planning checklist covering finances, property, online accounts, veteran wishes, memorial preferences and pet care.
Useful local distinctions
How Brown’s Three Existing Facilities Differ
Martinsburg — historic King Street building
Brown’s facilities page says the building dates to 1852 and was purchased by H.K. Brown in 1924 for use as a residence and funeral parlor.
Jefferson Chapel — former church
The Ranson stone chapel was built in 1922 as an Episcopal mission, later served as a Lutheran church and was purchased by Brown in 1982.
South Berkeley — modern Inwood facility
Brown says the South Berkeley Chapel was built in 2000 and is accessible from I-81 at the Inwood area.
Brown’s facilities page also references Spring Mills in future-planning language. The current contact information and site footer consistently list the three active facilities above.
Brown’s descriptions and historical background for its Martinsburg, Ranson and Inwood facilities.
Three maps — choose the right one
Brown Funeral Home, Jefferson Chapel and South Berkeley Chapel Directions
Brown Funeral Home
327 West King Street
Martinsburg, WV 25401
Jefferson Chapel
114 N. Mildred Street
Ranson, WV 25438
South Berkeley Chapel
287 Arden Nollville Road
Inwood, WV 25428
If the individual memorial names a church, national cemetery or another cemetery, use that event address for travel.
Useful named contacts
Who Brown Currently Lists for Certain Questions
Robert C. Fields
Brown’s current staff page lists him as President / Director.
Helen E. Hamill
The current staff page lists her as Manager — Jefferson Chapel.
Stephen W. Hedges
Brown lists him as Certified Preplanning Consultant / Marketing Director.
Brown’s current public roster of directors, funeral assistants, administrative staff and preplanning personnel.
Know exactly what opens
Official Brown Funeral Homes Links — Which One Should You Use?
Obituary Listing
Use when: you need a current or past Brown memorial.
Veteran Memorial Wall
Use when: you know the person was a U.S. military veteran.
Book of Memories
Use when: you want to understand Brown’s online tribute tools.
Contact Brown
Use when: a death has occurred or a service requires time-sensitive confirmation.
Service Overview
Use when: you want Brown’s service categories or arrangement-meeting guidance.
What to Expect
Use when: you are preparing for a first funeral-arrangement conference.
Planning a Cremation Service
Use when: the family is considering cremation but still wants a meaningful ceremony.
Pre-Arrangement Process
Use when: you want to document wishes before an immediate need.
Pre-Arrange Online
Use when: you intentionally want to enter and save advance-planning information.
Funeral Pre-Planning Checklist
Use when: you want a practical list of financial, digital-account, veteran and memorial decisions.
Our Facilities
Use when: you need to distinguish Martinsburg, Ranson and Inwood.
Our Staff
Use when: you need to verify current directors, assistants or the preplanning consultant.
Quick answers
10 FAQs About Brown Funeral Home Obituaries
1. Which Brown Funeral Home does this obituary guide cover?
This page covers Brown Funeral Homes & Cremations in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle: Brown Funeral Home in Martinsburg, Jefferson Chapel in Ranson and South Berkeley Chapel in Inwood.
2. Where can I search Brown Funeral Home obituaries in Martinsburg, West Virginia?
Use Brown Funeral Homes’ official Obituary Listing at brownfuneralhomeswv.com/obituary-listing. It provides name search, date-range controls and branch filtering.
3. What are Brown Funeral Homes’ three locations?
Brown Funeral Home is at 327 West King Street in Martinsburg; Jefferson Chapel is at 114 N. Mildred Street in Ranson; and South Berkeley Chapel is at 287 Arden Nollville Road in Inwood.
4. How do I know which Brown chapel handled an obituary?
Use the branch information shown in Brown’s obituary search or individual memorial. If you know the person’s community, you can also narrow the search by Martinsburg, Jefferson Chapel or South Berkeley Chapel.
5. Is every funeral held at the Brown chapel that handled the arrangements?
No. Brown memorials can show visitation at a Brown chapel, a funeral or Mass at a church and burial at a separate cemetery. Follow each event address on the person’s memorial.
6. Can I leave condolences or share photos on a Brown Funeral Home memorial?
Brown’s Book of Memories system can support condolences, stories, photographs, virtual candles, sympathy cards, flowers and charitable memorial donations.
7. What number should I call if a death has just occurred?
Brown’s current Contact Us page instructs families to call the Martinsburg number, (304) 263-8896, 24 hours a day. Brown says a person, rather than an answering machine or answering service, answers the call.
8. Does Brown Funeral Home help obtain death certificates?
Brown’s Service Overview says obtaining certified copies for the family is a standard service. The family should determine how many copies are needed based on insurance, banking, property, probate and other actual requirements.
9. Does Brown Funeral Home have a separate veteran obituary search?
Yes. Brown maintains a Veteran Memorial Wall with searchable memorials for veterans previously entrusted to its care.
10. Can I pre-plan with Brown Funeral Homes online?
Yes. Brown provides an online pre-arrangement tool that covers family information, preferences and a summary. The funeral home also lists Steve Hedges as its Certified Preplanning Consultant.