At A. Shepherd & Sons Funeral Directors we offer affordable quality with exceptional service. Your time is our time.
We know how important it can be for you and your family to say your farewells exactly the way you want to. Your preferences will be our priority, from the type of funeral to the finer details, like songs, hymns, and flowers. Nothing is too much trouble, so let us know if you have any special requests or wishes.
We hope that you feel at ease while you and your loved one are in our care, so we can help make a difficult time a little bit easier.
48 Beverley Road, Hull, HU3 1YE
62-64 Beck Bank, Cottingham, Hull, Hull, HU16 4LH
365 Holderness Road, Hull, HU8 8QY
424 Hessle Road, Hull, HU3 3SE
48 Beverley Road, Hull, HU3 1YE
62-64 Beck Bank, Cottingham, Hull, Hull, HU16 4LH
365 Holderness Road, Hull, HU8 8QY
424 Hessle Road, Hull, HU3 3SE
At A. Shepherd Funeral Directors our team is here to support our community during a difficult time. When local families need help arranging a funeral for someone important to them, we will be here ready to offer our assistance.
We cater for funerals of all faiths and cultures, burial and cremation services, and non-religious funerals. If an alternative funeral is most fitting, then we can arrange for bespoke services, such as woodland burials, green funerals and burials at sea. If you have specific requirements, please discuss them with our team so we can tailor your service.
Explore our funeral packages below, so we can arrange the funeral you have in mind for your loved one.
If you’re looking for a traditional or contemporary funeral with a service, you should consider our Attended Funeral. If you want us to arrange a simple cremation without mourners present, our Unattended Funeral may better suit your needs.
The Attended Funeral provides a tailored and dignified goodbye for your loved one. Whether traditional or contemporary, you can pay your respects in the supportive company of family and friends.
The Unattended Funeral is a lower cost option that allows family and friends to remember your loved one in their own way, without the need for a traditional service or ceremony.
Our Crematorium Service offers a service that will take place at a chosen time at one of our selected local crematoria. Here, a few people are welcomed to remember and celebrate the life of your loved one.
Commemorate your loved one's life with a Memorial to keep their memory alive. Choose from a variety of options, from headstones, urns to memorial plaques, vases, benches, statues, jewellery, and more, allowing you to create something special that reflects their life, love, and cherished memories.
If a loved one has passed away and you need help to arrange a funeral, our Funeral Directors at A. Shepherd & Sons are here to support you every step of the way. Below are some frequently asked questions about how to arrange a funeral, which you may find helpful. If you have any further questions, please call us anytime on 01482 323510
At A. Shepherd & Sons, we are proud to be a Dignity Funeral Director. Our funeral business sits in the Dignity family which means we are supported by an organisation that provides stability and holds us to a very high standard of care, facilities and service.
If a loved one has passed, our step-by-step guide will help support you on the actions to take, including getting started on how to arrange a funeral. If you feel that you would benefit from additional support and personal guidance, please get in touch with us and we will talk you through everything.
When someone dies, you should aim to call your Funeral Director as soon as possible, after you have called the doctor. This allows for you to arrange for the deceased to be collected and to be brought into our care as soon as they are ready.
Your loved one will be cared for by our Funeral Directors. Once they have been brought into our care, they will be thoughtfully looked after at either one of our funeral homes or one of our care centres. Your Funeral Director will be able to confirm the details of this so you will know where your loved one is at all times.
If you wish to visit the Chapel of Rest during the time before the funeral, please speak to one of our Funeral Directors who will be happy to arrange a suitable date and time for you to visit. It is important to make an appointment so that the Chapel of Rest is available for you to use and your loved one is prepared for your visit.
If the cause of death means that visiting could be distressing, or if their death was caused by a hazardous illness, you should seek the advice of your Funeral Director.
Having to let people know that someone has passed away can be a very difficult and stressful situation to go through. The way you break the news to people will completely depend on how well you know them and their relationship with the person who has passed away. If you’re in the position of having to inform family and friends, we hope you find this guide to announcing a death useful.
We can take care of helping you to action your loved ones funeral plan, as the process is very straightforward. To get started, please call us on 01482 323510 and we can talk you through what happens next.
We are a member of the National Association of Funeral Directors and as such we abide by The Funeral Director Code. We also have a legal obligation to try and ensure the person who is arranging a funeral has the right to do so, or has permission from those who do. If you are aware that someone has been appointed as the administrator, you should only arrange the funeral with this person's agreement. If there is no Will or Letters of Administration, then the responsibility would pass to the next of kin.
A Memorial is a way of creating a lasting memory to help remember a loved one.
Dignity has been established for over 200 years and is one of the UK’s leading providers of Funerals and with an ‘Excellent’ Trustpilot rating (03/24). We are proud to help our customers every year with a diverse range of Memorial products and services to help remember their loved ones.
We offer a wide range of products – from traditional headstones, kerb sets, urns and benches to remembrance trees, plaques and vases. We also offer more personal and modern options such as jewellery, pin badges and photo related memorial products. As well as completely customised items.
From 9 September 2024, there will no longer be a doctor's fee in England and Wales when arranging a funeral. This is because from this date, all deaths in England and Wales will be independently viewed, either by a relevant coroner or by a Medical Examiner and the cost will be met by the NHS.
A Medical Examiner is a specifically trained independent senior doctor who will scrutinise all deaths across a local area that do not fall under the coroner's jurisdiction. By providing a greater level of scrutiny over the cause of deaths; it is hoped that the introduction of Medical Examiners will make it less likely that unnatural causes of death will go unnoticed; that the number of deaths unnecessarily referred to the coroner will be reduced and that national data about causes of death will be captured with greater accuracy.
Medical Examiners, or Medical Examiner Officers, will also be available to meet with families, or their representatives, if they wish to discuss the cause of death.
My mother sadly passed away in September and had a prepaid Funeral Plan in place with Annison and Body.
Debby and the whole team put me at ease from start to finish. They dealt with everything so efficiently. I did not have anything to do or worry about. The whole process went so smoothly, and Katherine Higgins gave a wonderful celebrant funeral service.
Everyone there is so professional and caring.
I have no hesitation in highly recommending Annison and Body.
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3 years ago my father died and we had Annison & Boddy undertake the funeral. We were very impressed by their professionalism and sympathetic approach during this traumatic time.
In August this year my mother sadly passed away and we had no hesitation in contacting Annison and Boddy yet again. As a consequence we would have no hesitation in recommending this Funeral Directors to anyone requiring this service.
Thank you for the kind comments posted on your online review. I am glad that you chose T S Annison & R Boddy to take of your loved ones and that our staff went above and beyond to deliver the service you expected.
Prepaid funeral plan in place for both mum and dad. Mum died 7 years ago and dad a month ago. Having a plan in place took a lot of stress out of organising the funeral, I knew what each parent wanted and knowing the plan was in place helped. Debby at Annisons is excellent, she makes you feel at ease, helps you through the whole process from beginning to the end. I cannot thank her enough. Also Simon who spoke to me about viewing dad, he had showered, shaved and washed dad hair. He dressed dad in his Naval jacket, shirt and tie, dad looked so smart. Simon was waiting for me at the viewing, and a huge thank you to Simon he made the whole experience bearable. Simon was professional yet human friendly and approachable, dressed immaculately and his high standards showed in the way he cared for dad. We had a wonderful lady leading the funeral, I met her when taking the flowers into Annisons and again on the day. At this point I was feeling overwhelmed so cannot recall her name which I apologise for because she held my hand so to speak through the day. She showed real concern, and I am grateful for that. They are beyond doubt excellent at their jobs, wonderful people and gave dad a send off he so rightly deserved. This means everything to me. I have decided to do as dad did and take out a plan for myself and husband, death is painful enough and if I can make the end of life easier for my children, I think putting a plan in place will help. It will be Annisons I choose. A big thank you to all involved.
We are grateful of receiving your online review. I am glad that you found our staff to be informative and reliable and that you had the trust and confidence in our team to be able to deliver the service you expected.
Well, where do I start ? There’s so many great things to say but I’ll try to keep it short. Annison & Boddy organised our dads cremation and I’m so very grateful for all their help at a very sad time. Our first contact was with a wonderful lady with the initial D, she’s very professional,knows exactly the right questions to ask,made us feel welcome and at ease and even had us laughing at times. They took excellent care of our dad and showed him the greatest respect. The funeral director came to the house to explain how the day would go and was also very respectful, we were never left wondering “ what do we do now “ . Their effort/help and organisation skills are second to none and we would highly recommend this company to everyone we know.
Thank you for an exceptional review. Our team are here to provide the highest level of service for you and we are happy this was achieved. I am pleased that you had the trust and confidence in our team to be able to deliver the service you expected.
4 King Edwards Court,
King Edward Square,
Sutton Coldfield,
West Midlands, B73 6AP
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