John Short & Son is an independent, family-operated funeral director that has served the Burntwood community since 1866, based on the High Street and offering both attended and unattended funeral services to families with deep, long-standing local ties. Coverage extends beyond Burntwood to Brownhills, Lichfield and the surrounding area, with a team available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The firm offers burial, cremation and direct cremation options, together with embalming, celebrant booking, ashes collection and pre-arranged funeral planning through Golden Charter funeral plans. John Short & Son is a member of both SAIF (the National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors) and the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD), memberships it says help maintain consistently high standards, and it positions its long community history as central to the understanding and care it offers grieving families.
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