Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory

Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory Family owned and locally operated, we provide full service funerals, cremations (with or without service) We are committed to serve you 24 hours a day.

Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is a full service funeral home since 1954. Centrally located in downtown Boone, we serve Watauga, Avery, Ashe, Caldwell, Wilkes counties in North Carolina, and Johnson County Tennessee. We are a full service funeral home, and have the areas only on-site crematory. At Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory, we offer a wide range of services, including traditional full service funerals, memorial services, celebrations of life, cremation services, monuments, grave markers and mausoleums. In addition to these services we offer advance funeral planning. Our commitment is to serve our community with care and compassion. We recognize that no two persons are alike, and that a funeral should be as unique as each individual or family we serve. We will assist you in planning services tailored to your specific needs, be it at need, or pre-need.

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Today is a day of remembrance. As we honor all the people who lost their lives on that fateful day, what story of courage most impacted you?

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Today, we honor our grandparents! What’s one of your most favorite grandparent memories and why?
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Prepare to be thunderstruck.

Happy Labor Day! Hope your day is full of good friends and fun times!
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Happy Labor Day! Hope your day is full of good friends and fun times!

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If you've received excellent service, it's natural to want to say thank you. But how can you do express your gratitude t...
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If you've received excellent service, it's natural to want to say thank you. But how can you do express your gratitude to a funeral home? Check out this article for 6 sure-fire ideas of showing your appreciation to funeral professionals!

If you received excellent care during a time of loss, you may want to thank a funeral home, but how do you do that? Check out these 6 ways!

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Don’t throw away that day-old bread! Instead, repurpose it with a yummy recipe. Click the link below for 10 ways to find your new favorite dish.

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Boone, NC
28607

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