Obituaries and funeral homes in Baytown
Where the notices are, who handles the arrangements, and what the town does when someone dies.
Where the notices are, who handles the arrangements, and what the town does when someone dies.
Where the obituaries are
The Baytown Sun publishes them, in print and online; its obituary page is the town's record and the one people search. We link it rather than copy it — the notices belong to the families and the paper. The funeral homes post their own on their sites, usually first. Mont Belvieu, Highlands and Crosby notices run in the Sun too, and in the Crosby-Huffman paper when there is one.
The funeral homes
Baytown's funeral homes — the ones families here have used for generations — are on the directory with address, phone and website: the chapels, the crematory options, the pre-planning offices. Mont Belvieu and Crosby have their own. Each listing says whether they post obituaries online and handle out-of-state transport, because the turnaround economy means a lot of people here are from somewhere else.
The cemeteries
The city and the older churches maintain the historic cemeteries; the memorial parks are on Garth and 146; the veterans' cemetery is Houston National, an hour away. The directory has them with the office phone for plots and records; the history pages have the older ones with the markers.
What the town does
The church feal, the casserole, the fund at the credit union, the memorial on the ballfield fence. The churches page says which congregations run bereavement groups and meals; the help page has the county's assistance for burial costs when a family can't cover it. The VFW and the Legion do the honors for veterans; call the post.
Records
Death certificates come from the county clerk (Harris or Chambers, by where the death occurred), and the funeral home orders the first copies. The city-hall page has the clerks' offices. The library's local-history room holds the older obituary index for genealogy.
Questions people ask
Where are Baytown obituaries published? The Baytown Sun, and the funeral homes' own pages. Mont Belvieu obituaries? The Sun, and the Mont Belvieu funeral homes' sites. How do I get a death certificate in Harris County? The county clerk; the funeral home usually orders them.
En español
Obituarios y funerarias en Baytown: los obituarios se publican en el Baytown Sun (impreso y en línea) y en las páginas de las funerarias; los enlazamos, no los copiamos. Las funerarias de Baytown, Mont Belvieu y Crosby están en el directorio con teléfono y si manejan traslados a otro estado. Las actas de defunción las emite el secretario del condado (Harris o Chambers); la funeraria suele pedir las primeras copias. Las iglesias tienen grupos de duelo; la página de ayuda tiene la asistencia del condado para gastos funerarios.