Paradise Funeral Home Obituaries: Search by Location

Q: How do I search Paradise Funeral Home obituaries by name?

Open the obituary page for the correct location, search the surname or full name, and try initials, nicknames, maiden names and spelling variations if needed.

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

Many obituaries name the cemetery or graveside service location. Contact the cemetery office if you need the exact section, lot, row or grave number.

Q: How can I find an older Paradise Funeral Home obituary?

Use surname and alphabetical archive filters, search a wider date range, try relatives' names and use cemetery details as additional clues.

Q: Are funeral service times always included?

No. Some notices are brief death announcements, and complete service information may be added after arrangements are finalized.

Q: Should I trust an obituary copied to another website?

Third-party sites can help locate a notice, but time-sensitive service, visitation and burial details should be confirmed with the funeral home's official page whenever possible.

Q: What information should I have before calling the funeral home?

Have the full name, approximate date of death, city, age if known and any family or service-location clue.

Q: What should I do if I do not know which Paradise Funeral Home handled the arrangements?

Use the deceased person's last city, place of death and close family location to identify the most likely Paradise Funeral Home, then search that location's official obituary page.

Find the Right Paradise Funeral Home Obituary by City

If you searched for Paradise Funeral Home obituaries, the most important thing to know is that there is not just one funeral home with this name. Separate funeral homes and funeral chapels using the Paradise name serve families in Texas, Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana and other areas.

That means searching only the funeral-home name can take you to the wrong obituary list. The fastest method is to match the deceased person’s city, state, approximate death date and family location before opening the obituary page.

Know the city? Use the location table below and open the matching official obituary page.

Know only the name? Search full name, surname, nickname, maiden name and spelling variations.

Need service details? Open the individual obituary and confirm visitation, funeral, burial and cemetery information.

Paradise Funeral Home Obituary Pages by Location

Start here if you already know the city or state. These locations use similar names but operate separate obituary systems. Use the location that matches the deceased person rather than assuming the first search result is correct.

Area	Funeral home	Useful identifying detail	Official obituary route
Houston, Texas	Paradise Funeral Home & Cemetery North	10401 West Montgomery, Houston, TX 77088 Phone: 281-445-1201	Search Houston obituaries
Dallas, Texas	Paradise Funeral Home	3910 S. Lancaster Rd., Dallas, TX 75216 Phone: 214-371-8093	Open Dallas obituary search
Pine Bluff & Monticello, Arkansas	Paradise Funeral Home and Cremation Service	Pine Bluff and Monticello service locations	Search Arkansas obituaries
Saginaw & Lansing, Michigan	Paradise Funeral Chapel	Saginaw plus Lansing Miller and Waverly locations	Search Michigan obituaries
Miami & Oakland Park, Florida	Paradise Funeral Chapel / Paradise Funeral Home and Chapel	Miami-Dade and Broward locations	Open Florida official site
Williamston & Washington, North Carolina	Paradise Funeral Home, Inc.	Williamston and Washington service locations	Search NC obituaries
Arcadia, Jonesboro & Bernice, Louisiana	Paradise Funeral Home	Separate Louisiana locations listed on the funeral home’s official website	Open Louisiana official site

Important: Obituary pages change as new notices are published. If a person’s name is not visible on the first screen, use the site’s search box, surname filter, date filter or “View All” option before deciding the obituary is unavailable.

How to Search Paradise Funeral Home Obituaries

This process works whether you are looking for a recent death notice, funeral service time, burial location, memorial page or an older obituary.

Identify the correct city and state. Paradise Funeral Home is a shared name. Start with the deceased person’s last residence, place of death, family city or expected service location. For example, a Houston obituary is unlikely to be on the Dallas or Pine Bluff funeral-home site.

Open the matching official obituary page. Use the location table above. This avoids wasting time on copied obituary directories when the funeral home’s own page is available.

Search the surname first. If the site’s search tool accepts a name, start with the last name. A shorter search often finds records that a full exact-name search misses.

Try name variations. Search maiden names, married surnames, initials, nicknames, shortened first names and spelling variations. An obituary may be indexed differently from the name used by friends or relatives.

Open the individual obituary. The listing page usually shows only basic information. The full memorial page may contain service dates, visitation times, church or chapel location, cemetery, family details, guestbook or condolence options.

Verify time-sensitive service information. Funeral dates and venues can change. Before traveling, compare the obituary with the funeral home’s current page and call the funeral home when the timing is critical.

Fast search example: If you are looking for “Robert Johnson” and there are many results, add the city, approximate death year, spouse name or middle initial. If there are no results, search “Johnson” alone and browse the matching names.

What Information Can a Paradise Funeral Home Obituary Provide?

The exact information varies by family and funeral home. Some memorial pages are short announcements, while others contain a detailed life story.

Basic identity details

Full name and sometimes nickname
Age at death
Date of death
Birth date or birthplace
Current or former city of residence

Funeral and visitation details

Visitation or viewing date
Funeral or celebration-of-life time
Church, chapel or funeral-home address
Graveside service information
Burial or interment location

Family and life information

Spouse and children
Parents and siblings
Grandchildren or extended family
Education, military service or employment
Faith, community activity and personal interests

Memorial actions

Guestbook or condolence messages
Memorial photos
Flower information
Donation requests
Tribute or remembrance options

Do not assume every field will be present. Families choose how much information to publish, and some notices are intentionally brief.

What to Do If You Cannot Find the Obituary

A missing search result does not always mean there is no obituary. It may be filed under another Paradise location, a different surname or a notice that has not yet been posted.

1. Check the funeral-home location again

Search the person’s city plus “Paradise Funeral Home.” A Dallas family, a Houston family and a Pine Bluff family may all use funeral homes with nearly identical names.

2. Remove extra parts of the name

If “James Edward Williams Jr.” returns nothing, try “James Williams,” then only “Williams.” Search systems sometimes index punctuation, suffixes and middle names inconsistently.

3. Try a maiden or former surname

This is especially useful when researching married women, blended families or older records.

4. Search around the expected date

An obituary may be published several days after death. Service details can also be added later, so a notice may appear after your first search.

5. Search a close relative

If the deceased is difficult to locate, a spouse, parent, child or sibling may be named in another obituary and reveal the correct funeral home, cemetery or family location.

6. Contact the funeral home directly

For a recent death, funeral-home staff may be able to confirm whether arrangements are pending even before a complete obituary is online. Have the person’s full name and approximate date of death ready.

Do not rely on an old screenshot for attendance information. A memorial image shared on social media may contain an earlier schedule. For visitation, funeral or graveside attendance, verify the latest information from the funeral home.

How to Verify Visitation, Funeral and Burial Details

When you are planning to attend a service, accuracy matters more than finding the obituary quickly. Use this short verification checklist.

Detail	What to verify	Why it matters
Visitation	Date, start time, end time and exact location	Viewing may be at the funeral home while the funeral is at a church.
Funeral service	Venue name, street address and service time	A chapel name can be similar to another local church or facility.
Burial	Cemetery name and whether burial follows immediately	Not every obituary gives a precise grave or plot number.
Flowers or memorial gifts	Delivery deadline and preferred destination	Some services request donations instead of flowers.
Livestream	Official streaming link and start time	Links may be added shortly before the service.

If you are traveling from another city or state, call the funeral home before departure when possible. Weather, venue availability or family decisions can occasionally change arrangements.

How to Find Older Paradise Funeral Home Obituaries

Older notices can require more than one search method because funeral-home websites may change platforms over time.

Search by surname

Use the obituary archive’s alphabetical filter when available. Dallas, for example, provides alphabetical browsing in its obituary system.

Use a wider date range

If you know only an approximate year, search several years on either side. Family memory and online dates are sometimes slightly different.

Look for cemetery clues

An older obituary may name a cemetery even if the funeral-home archive no longer shows the original notice.

Check family obituaries

Obituaries for spouses, siblings or children can identify the deceased person’s burial place or former surname.

For broader grave and burial research, you can also use FindAGraves.com as a starting point for official-source research routes involving cemetery offices, death records, veteran burial tools and archival sources.

How to Use an Obituary to Find the Burial Location

If your real goal is to locate a grave, the obituary is often the first clue rather than the final answer.

Write down the cemetery name exactly as published. Include the city and state if shown. Several cemeteries can share similar names.

Save the burial or graveside date. Cemetery offices can often search more accurately when you provide both a name and approximate interment date.

Record family names. A spouse, parent or sibling may be buried in the same lot or family section.

Contact the cemetery office for the plot. Ask for section, lot, row, grave or site number. An obituary normally does not provide that level of cemetery detail.

Verify before visiting. Confirm cemetery hours, office availability, gate access and any visitor restrictions, especially for private or church cemeteries.

Which Paradise Funeral Home Are You Looking For?

Use these clues when the search result does not clearly identify the funeral home.

If you see this clue	Likely location	Best next action
West Montgomery Road	Houston, Texas	Use the Dignity Memorial Paradise obituary search.
South Lancaster Road	Dallas, Texas	Use the Paradise Funeral Home Dallas obituary archive.
Pine Bluff or Monticello	Arkansas	Use the official Paradise Funeral Home and Cremation Service obituary page.
Saginaw or Lansing	Michigan	Use Paradise Funeral Chapel’s official obituary page.
Miami-Dade or Oakland Park	Florida	Open Paradise Funeral Chapel / Funeral Home and Chapel’s official site.
Williamston or Washington	North Carolina	Use Paradise Funeral Home, Inc.’s official obituary listings.
Arcadia, Jonesboro or Bernice	Louisiana	Use the Louisiana Paradise Funeral Home site and confirm the branch.

Official Sources Used for This Guide

The links below go to the funeral homes’ own websites or, in Houston’s case, the official Dignity Memorial obituary system used for Paradise Funeral Home & Cemetery North.

Funeral notices, contact information and service schedules can change. Recheck the individual obituary before acting on time-sensitive details.

Paradise Funeral Home Obituaries: Frequently Asked Questions

1. Where can I find recent Paradise Funeral Home obituaries?

Start with the official obituary page for the correct city. Paradise funeral homes in Houston, Dallas, Pine Bluff, Saginaw, Florida and North Carolina use different websites, so location is important.

2. Is Paradise Funeral Home in Houston the same as Paradise Funeral Home in Dallas?

No. The Houston location operates as Paradise Funeral Home & Cemetery North and uses Dignity Memorial, while the Dallas funeral home has its own website and obituary archive.

3. How do I search Paradise Funeral Home obituaries by name?

Open the correct location’s obituary page, enter the surname or full name, and then try initials, nicknames, maiden names and spelling variations if the first search does not work.

4. Why is a recent obituary not showing yet?

Arrangements may still be pending, the family may not have submitted a full obituary, or the website may not have published the notice yet. Check again later or contact the funeral home directly.

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

Often yes. Many obituaries list the cemetery or graveside service location. For the exact section, lot or grave number, contact the cemetery office.

6. How can I find an older Paradise Funeral Home obituary?

Use the obituary archive’s surname or alphabetical filters, search a wider date range, try family members’ names and check cemetery information when the original notice is no longer easy to locate.

7. Are funeral service times always included?

No. Some notices are short death announcements. Full service details may be added later or provided only after arrangements are finalized.

8. Should I trust an obituary copied to another website?

Third-party listings can be useful for discovery, but for attendance, visitation, burial and other time-sensitive details, confirm the information with the funeral home’s official page whenever possible.

9. What information should I have before calling the funeral home?

Have the deceased person’s full name, approximate date of death, city, age if known and any family-name or service-location clue. This helps staff distinguish people with similar names.

10. What should I do if I do not know which Paradise Funeral Home handled the arrangements?

Start with the deceased person’s last city, place of death and close family location. Then compare the official Paradise locations in this guide and search the most likely obituary page first.

The Fastest Way to Find the Correct Obituary

For most searches, you only need four clues: name, city, state and approximate death date. Match the city to the correct Paradise Funeral Home, search the official obituary page, then open the individual memorial to confirm service and burial details.

If your goal is ultimately to locate a grave rather than only read the obituary, save the cemetery name and burial date from the notice and use them to request the exact plot information from the cemetery office.

Paradise Funeral Home Obituaries: Find Recent Notices by Location