Honoring Veterans: A Lasting Tribute in Maryland

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Bennie Smith Funeral Home under News
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At Bennie Smith Funeral Home of Maryland, we take special pride in serving those who have served our country. Every veteran deserves a final tribute that reflects their courage, sacrifice, and devotion. Our team considers it an honor to help families plan meaningful services that acknowledge and recognize their commitment.

Veterans and their families have access to unique benefits through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. These may include burial in a national cemetery, a government-issued headstone or marker, a burial flag, the playing of Taps, and presentation of the flag to the next of kin. Our directors help families understand these benefits and coordinate with military service representatives, ensuring every detail is arranged with care and accuracy.

Across Maryland, families have chosen Bennie Smith Funeral Home to guide them through this process with respect and compassion. From Salisbury to Princess Anne, Cambridge to Easton, our funeral directors take time to learn each veteran’s story and ensure their service is remembered with dignity.

Maryland is home to several veterans cemeteries, including Crownsville, Cheltenham, and the Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery in Hurlock. We work closely with these locations to help families plan services that meet eligibility requirements and properly honor their loved ones’ military service.

For more than 35 years, Bennie Smith Funeral Home has served Maryland families with compassion and integrity. To us, honoring veterans isn’t just tradition… it’s our duty.

If your loved one served our nation, let us help you create a tribute worthy of their service. Contact Bennie Smith Funeral Home of Maryland today to learn more about veteran funeral honors and the benefits available.

Bennie Smith Funeral Home

From humble beginnings on a farm in Faceville, Georgia, Bennie Smith became a respected businessman whose standards of compassion and excellence continue to guide our work today. Bennie Smith Funeral Home of Maryland is part of one of the largest African American–owned funeral service organizations on the East Coast. In Maryland, we serve families from multiple chapels across the Eastern Shore — including Salisbury, Easton, Princess Anne, and Chestertown — with dignified funerals, cremations, memorials, and preplanning. Since 1982, we have cared for generations of Maryland families with clarity, respect, and faith. More than 40 years later, our mission remains the same. We are here to honor every life well lived and to walk beside you, every step of the way.