Choosing the Right Burial Options for Your Family
At Colonial Grove Memorial Park, we understand that choosing a final resting place is one of the most meaningful decisions a family can make. Our team is here to guide you with compassion, clarity, and respect — whether you are planning ahead or facing an immediate need.
Explore our burial options below, or contact a cemetery counselor to discuss what’s right for your family.
Pre-Need Planning
Planning ahead is one of the greatest gifts you can give your family. Pre-need burial planning allows you to make thoughtful decisions about your final arrangements — on your own timeline, without the pressure of an immediate loss — and ensures your loved ones are not left to navigate those choices alone during one of life’s most difficult moments.
Why Plan Ahead
How It Works
Our pre-need counselors serve families throughout Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Deep Creek, and the surrounding communities in northeastern North Carolina, including Moyock and Currituck County. Whether you are just beginning to think about planning or are ready to move forward, we are here to help — with no pressure and no obligation.
At Colonial Grove Memorial Park, pre-need planning can encompass:
- Selection and purchase of burial property (grave and niche spaces)
- Review of available options for traditional burial, cremation interment, and above-ground memorialization
- Documentation of your preferences and wishes
- Coordination of burial property and funeral arrangements together, through our on-site partnership with Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home
Traditional In-Ground Burial
Traditional in-ground burial remains the most time-honored way to lay a loved one to rest. At our Virginia Beach location, families choose traditional burial for its permanence, its connection to the land, and the comfort of having a dedicated place to visit, grieve, and remember.
Benefits of Traditional Burial
What to Expect
Our grounds are professionally maintained year-round, offering well-kept, accessible burial sections for families throughout the Virginia Beach, Deep Creek, and greater Hampton Roads area. Whether you are seeking a single grave, companion space, or family estate, our team will walk you through available inventory and help you select a location that feels right.
Virginia law requires a signed death certificate to be filed with the State Registrar prior to burial.
Our team works closely with funeral homes to ensure all documentation and arrangements are in order.
Premium Ground Burial
Our elevated crypt garden system offers a dignified, above-grade burial experience set within beautifully maintained garden surroundings.
What is an elevated crypt garden?
Unlike traditional in-ground burial, our dry burial crypt system places your loved one above the water table in a secure, elevated structure set within a beautifully landscaped garden. This protects the burial site from moisture and soil movement, preserving the integrity of the space for generations.
The result is a serene, well-maintained garden environment — easy to visit, easy to locate, and enduring in its care.
Ready to find the right space?
Contact our cemetery counselors to explore available property options at Colonial Grove Memorial Park.
Cremation Burial Options
Cremation is increasingly chosen by families across the Virginia Beach region, and our cemeteries offer meaningful, permanent options for interring cremated remains. Cremation interment allows families to honor their loved one with a dedicated memorial site — providing a place to gather, reflect, and return.
In-Ground Cremation Burial
Cremated remains may be interred in a traditional grave, either in a dedicated cremation garden or alongside a family member’s existing burial site. In-ground cremation plots provide a permanent resting place with the option for a grave marker or memorial stone.
Niche Walls
Our niche walls provide individual compartments — called niches — designed to house cremated remains. Each niche is sealed and marked with a personalized memorial plate, creating a beautiful, lasting tribute in a serene outdoor setting.
Why Choose Cremation Interment?
Families from throughout northeastern North Carolina, including the Moyock, Currituck County, and Outer Banks communities, choose our cemeteries for cremation interment because of our accessible locations and attentive, family-centered service.
Speak with a counselor to learn about available cremation spaces and pricing.
Columbarium Niches
For families seeking an above-ground memorial option, our cemeteries offer niche walls — dignified, protected resting places for cremation interments.
Our niche spaces offer a classic, distinguished setting for above-ground inurnment. Columbarium interment appeals to families who value the permanence and shelter of a semi-enclosed memorial environment.
Columbaria are a popular choice for:
Schedule a visit or call our office to speak with a counselor about available above-ground options at Colonial Grove Memorial Park.
Visit Our Grounds
The best way to explore our niche options is to visit in person. Our team is happy to show you available spaces, answer your questions, and help you find a location that honors your loved one in the way they deserve.
