Graves Funeral Home Obituaries Norfolk VA Guide

Q: Is Graves Funeral Home located in Norfolk, Virginia?

Yes. Graves Funeral Home Inc. is located at 1631 Church Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23504.

Q: How do I find an obituary older than 30 days?

Use the official Graves Funeral Home Past Services section and search by the deceased person's name, family name, or browse older listings.

Q: What if I cannot find the person by first and last name?

Try a surname-only search, nickname, maiden or married surname, alternate spelling, close relative's name, or contact the funeral home with the approximate death date.

Q: Can an obituary tell me where someone is buried?

Sometimes. An obituary may name the cemetery or graveside service. If it does not, check official cemetery records or contact the funeral home.

Q: How much does a Virginia death certificate cost?

As reviewed in October 2026, Virginia lists a $15 fee for each certified copy or record search. Check the official Vital Records website for the current fee before ordering.

Q: What services does Graves Funeral Home provide?

The funeral home's official website lists traditional burial, memorial services, cremation, direct cremation, military burial, specialty services, pre-planning, and in-state or out-of-state arrangements.

Q: Should I verify funeral times before attending?

Yes. Check the current memorial page and confirm the date, time and location with the funeral home when information is unclear or travel is involved.

Find Graves Funeral Home Obituaries in Norfolk, Virginia

If you are looking for Graves Funeral Home obituaries, the funeral home in this search is Graves Funeral Home Inc. at 1631 Church Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23504. Its official website provides current services, older obituary listings, individual memorial pages, service information, condolences and funeral-home contact details.

This guide shows you exactly how to search those records, what to do when an obituary is more than 30 days old, how to verify a burial in Norfolk, and where to request an official Virginia death record if you need documentation rather than an obituary.

Information check: Funeral-home and Virginia public-record details were reviewed against official sources in October 2026. Obituary listings and service times can change, so confirm live service information before attending.

Funeral home Graves Funeral Home Inc.

Location 1631 Church Street, Norfolk, VA 23504

Phone 757-622-1085

Best place for current obituaries Official Graves Funeral Home obituary listings

How to Search Current Graves Funeral Home Obituaries

The official funeral-home website separates recent services from older records. Its current-services area is designed for services entrusted to the funeral home during roughly the most recent 30-day period.

Open the official Graves Funeral Home website. Visit gravesfuneralhomeinc.com.

Choose the obituary or current-services section. Look for “Obituaries,” “Current Services,” or the obituary search area on the home page.

Check the visible recent listings first. Recent entries normally show the deceased person’s name and may show birth and death dates. Open the person’s name or “View Details” link to reach the individual memorial page.

Read the full service information before traveling. Check visitation, funeral, memorial or graveside details shown on the individual page. Because arrangements can change, verify the time and location shortly before attending.

Open Current Services Official Home Page

Fastest search method: If you know the surname, search the family name first. If the person is not visible in current services, move directly to the past-services search instead of assuming no obituary exists.

How to Find Older Graves Funeral Home Obituaries

An obituary can disappear from the current-services list without being removed from the funeral home’s archive. The official site explains that services older than its current listing period can be searched by the deceased person’s name or next of kin, and past services can also be browsed alphabetically.

Open Past Services. Use the funeral home’s official archive rather than relying only on a general web search.

Enter the deceased person’s name. Start with the last name. Add the first name if too many matches appear.

Try a relative’s name when necessary. The site’s search guidance indicates that a next-of-kin or family name can help locate older services.

Browse alphabetically if spelling is uncertain. This is useful when you know the surname but are unsure about a first-name spelling, nickname or middle name.

Compare dates before choosing a result. Families can share names. Check age, birth date, death date, relatives and Norfolk/Tidewater connections before assuming a match is correct.

Search Past Services

What You May Find on an Individual Obituary Page

The amount of information varies by family and by memorial. A Graves Funeral Home obituary or memorial page may include several of the following details.

Information	How it can help
Full name	Confirms spelling, middle names, nicknames or married names.
Birth and death dates	Helps distinguish people with similar names and supports later record searches.
Obituary or death notice	May describe family relationships, residence, employment, church membership and life history.
Visitation information	May list date, time and location for viewing or visitation.
Funeral or memorial service	May show the service location, church, chapel and scheduled time.
Maps and directions	Useful when the service is held somewhere other than the funeral-home chapel.
Tributes or condolences	May provide additional family context, but these should not be treated as official records.
Memorial donations	May identify a charity, church or organization requested by the family.

Do not confuse an obituary with a legal death record. An obituary is a family or funeral-home notice. If you need certified proof of death for insurance, probate, benefits, banking or another legal purpose, you normally need an official death certificate.

If You Cannot Find the Obituary

A missing search result does not automatically mean Graves Funeral Home did not serve the family. Older records, spelling variations, married names and limited online publication can make an obituary difficult to locate.

Try these searches in order

Search only the surname. A broad surname search can reveal spelling or first-name differences.
Try the legal name and nickname. Search “William” and “Bill,” for example.
Try maiden and married surnames. This is especially useful for genealogy research.
Search a close relative. A spouse, parent, child or sibling may be named in the same record.
Check the approximate death month or year. A death date can separate two people with similar names.
Call the funeral home. Provide the full name, approximate death date and any family connection you know.

Useful information to have before calling: full legal name, nickname, approximate age, death date or year, spouse’s name, city of residence and any church or cemetery connection.

How to Verify a Burial in Norfolk

An obituary may name a cemetery, but a cemetery record is usually more useful when you are trying to locate the actual grave, section, lot or burial site.

The City of Norfolk maintains an official online burial-record search for the eight cemeteries it owns and operates. The city says each burial record can have its own memorial page and may include a satellite-map location within the cemetery.

Open Norfolk’s official burial-record search. Use the City of Norfolk source at Search Burial Records.

Choose one cemetery or search all cemeteries. If the obituary does not identify a cemetery, start with the all-cemeteries option.

Enter first and/or last name. If an exact search fails, use a broader spelling search. Norfolk’s instructions allow searches that begin with or contain particular letters.

Open the matching burial record. Save the cemetery name, burial location and map information shown.

Confirm uncertain results. If several people share the same name, compare death date, age, relatives and cemetery information before treating the result as confirmed.

For a broader grave-search workflow, you can also use the FindAGraves grave and cemetery research guide, which explains how to combine obituary, cemetery, vital-record and veteran sources.

How to Get a Virginia Death Certificate

If the obituary does not provide enough information—or you need an official record—the Virginia Department of Health Office of Vital Records handles Virginia death certificates.

As of the October 2026 review, Virginia states that death records become public information 25 years after the event. For restricted records, full certified copies are generally limited to qualifying immediate family members with valid identification. Virginia lists the certificate fee at $15 per copy or record search following the July 1, 2026 fee adjustment.

Need	Best starting point
Current or recent certified death certificate	Virginia Department of Health Office of Vital Records
Virginia death older than 25 years	Check open-record/genealogy routes and state archival resources
Burial location in a Norfolk city cemetery	City of Norfolk burial-record search
Funeral or memorial details	Graves Funeral Home obituary or memorial page

Virginia Vital Records

Virginia Vital Records contact:
Customer Care Center: 804-662-6200
Mailing address: VDH, Office of Vital Records, P.O. Box 1000, Richmond, VA 23218

Services Graves Funeral Home Says It Provides

According to its official website, Graves Funeral Home has served Norfolk and the Tidewater community since 1953. The funeral home describes itself as family owned and operated and lists several arrangement options for families.

Traditional funeral and burial services
Graveside services
Memorial services
Cremation
Direct cremation
Military burial and veteran-related services
Religious or culturally specific services by request
In-state and out-of-state arrangements
Funeral pre-planning
Obituary and memorial assistance

The funeral home states that it serves families in Norfolk as well as surrounding Tidewater communities including Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Newport News and Hampton.

If a death has just occurred: The funeral home’s own guidance says one of the first important contacts is a licensed funeral director, who can help with transportation of the deceased, death-certificate processing, funeral or burial arrangements and obituary preparation.

How to Check Current Funeral Costs

The Graves Funeral Home website includes a price-information page, but funeral prices and third-party charges can change. For an at-need arrangement, do not rely on an older package figure without confirming the current amount and exactly what is included.

Ask for these items when comparing costs

Basic services of the funeral director and staff
Transportation or transfer of remains
Embalming, if selected or required in a particular circumstance
Other preparation of the deceased
Viewing or visitation facilities
Funeral or memorial ceremony
Graveside service
Hearse or limousine
Casket or alternative container
Outer burial container, if applicable
Direct cremation
Immediate burial
Death certificates, permits and other cash-advance items
Cemetery costs, which may be separate from the funeral-home bill

Under the Federal Trade Commission’s Funeral Rule, consumers have important price-information rights. Funeral providers must provide accurate price information by telephone when asked, and people making arrangements in person must be offered a General Price List that itemizes funeral goods and services.

Read the FTC Funeral Rule

Before approving a package: Ask what is included, what is optional, which expenses are paid to third parties, and whether cemetery opening/closing, grave space, marker, obituary publication, permits or certified death certificates are separate.

Graves Funeral Home Contact Information

Graves Funeral Home Inc.

1631 Church Street
Norfolk, VA 23504

Phone: 757-622-1085
Fax: 757-624-1508
Email: gravesfuneralhomeinc@yahoo.com

Official website

If you are calling about a specific obituary, have the person’s full name and approximate death date ready. If you are calling about a service you plan to attend, ask the funeral home to confirm the date, start time and exact service location.

Which Record Should You Use?

Your goal	Best source	Why
Read a life story or family notice	Obituary	Often contains relatives, biography and service information.
Attend a funeral or visitation	Current funeral-home memorial page	Most likely place for live service details.
Find an older Graves Funeral Home record	Past Services archive	Better for records outside the current listing period.
Locate a grave in a Norfolk-owned cemetery	City of Norfolk burial database	Designed for official municipal burial-location records.
Prove a death for legal purposes	Virginia death certificate	A certified vital record is different from an obituary.

Graves Funeral Home Obituaries FAQs

1. Where can I find Graves Funeral Home obituaries?

Use the obituary and current-services sections on the official Graves Funeral Home Inc. website at gravesfuneralhomeinc.com. Current listings can be opened by name to view available memorial and service information.

2. Is Graves Funeral Home located in Norfolk, Virginia?

Yes. The official address is 1631 Church Street, Norfolk, VA 23504.

3. How do I find an obituary older than 30 days?

Use the official Past Services section. Search by the deceased person’s name or family name, or browse the older listings alphabetically.

4. What if I cannot find the person by first and last name?

Try only the surname, a nickname, a maiden or married surname, alternate spelling, or a close relative’s name. If that fails, call Graves Funeral Home with the person’s approximate death date.

5. Can an obituary tell me where someone is buried?

Sometimes. An obituary may mention the cemetery or graveside service. If it does not, check the cemetery’s official records or contact the funeral home. For Norfolk-owned cemeteries, the City of Norfolk provides an online burial-record search.

6. Can I get a death certificate from an obituary page?

No. An obituary is not a certified death certificate. Virginia death certificates are handled through the Virginia Department of Health Office of Vital Records and other authorized channels.

7. How much does a Virginia death certificate cost?

Virginia’s Office of Vital Records lists a $15 fee for each certified copy or record search following the July 1, 2026 fee adjustment. Check the official Vital Records page before ordering in case the fee changes.

8. What services does Graves Funeral Home provide?

The funeral home’s official site lists traditional burial, memorial services, cremation, direct cremation, military burial, specialty services, pre-planning and arrangements involving transportation in or out of state.

9. What is Graves Funeral Home’s phone number?

The official phone number is 757-622-1085.

10. Should I verify funeral times before attending?

Yes. Service details can change. Open the deceased person’s current memorial page and, when travel is involved or information is unclear, confirm the time and location directly with the funeral home.

Final Takeaway

For Graves Funeral Home obituaries, start with the official Graves Funeral Home current-services page. Move to Past Services when the death occurred more than several weeks ago or the person’s name is no longer displayed among current listings.

If your goal is to locate the grave rather than read the obituary, use Norfolk’s official burial database when the burial may be in a city-operated cemetery. If you need legal proof of death, use Virginia Vital Records instead of relying on an obituary.

Keeping those three records separate—obituary, cemetery record and death certificate—usually makes the search much faster and prevents common identification mistakes.

Graves Funeral Home Obituaries: Norfolk VA Search & Service Guide