The vendors families actually use.

Last reviewed: May 2026 · Listings include businesses that DFW funeral families commonly use. Vargas-London does not receive referral fees from any vendor on this page; we list them because families ask.

1. Florists by city

Most families order at least one casket spray or large standing arrangement. The funeral home accepts deliveries from any florist; you are not required to use a specific vendor. We coordinate timing so flowers arrive before the service and travel with the casket to the cemetery if you wish.

Dallas

• McShan Florist — 10311 Garland Rd, Dallas, TX 75218 · (214) 324-2481 · mcshanflorist.com. Family-owned since 1948, serves the entire DFW metroplex with multiple locations. Reliable for same-day funeral arrangements.
• Cebolla Flowers — 4514 Travis St #105, Dallas, TX 75205 · (214) 522-0027. Park Cities florist with European-style sympathy work; appropriate for traditional Catholic and Episcopal services.
• Avant Garden Floral — 4900 Belt Line Rd, Dallas, TX 75254 · serves North Dallas and the Park Cities. Known for understated modern arrangements.
• Inwood Flowers — 5840 W Lovers Lane #150, Dallas, TX 75209. Long-established florist serving the Inwood/Lovers Lane corridor; experienced with funeral home deliveries.
• Apostolic Flowers — bilingual (Spanish/English) florist serving Hispanic Catholic families across Dallas. Coordinates rosario floral pieces and Misa de cuerpo presente arrangements.

Plano · Frisco · McKinney

• Plano Florist — serves Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Richardson. Reliable next-day funeral delivery to all Collin County funeral homes and cemeteries.
• McShan Florist (Plano branch) — 940 W Spring Creek Pkwy, Plano, TX 75023 · same family-owned operation as the Dallas flagship.
• Avant Garden Frisco — serves Frisco master-planned communities (Stonebriar, Newman Village, Phillips Creek Ranch).
• The Flower Mall — serves McKinney, Allen, and surrounding communities; experienced with traditional Catholic and Methodist services.

Fort Worth · Arlington · Tarrant County

• Gordon Boswell Flowers — 1220 Pennsylvania Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104 · (817) 332-2265. Established Fort Worth florist serving the Cultural District and the Texas Health Harris Methodist hospital corridor.
• The Flower Patch — serves Arlington and the Mid-Cities. Known for affordable family arrangements and timely funeral home delivery.
• Botanique Flowers — West Fort Worth florist appropriate for Cathedral of Saint Patrick services.

Irving · Garland · Mesquite (often bilingual)

• Garland Flower Shop — bilingual; experienced with Hispanic Catholic services and rosario pieces.
• Irving Florist — bilingual; serves Las Colinas and the Irving Hispanic community.
• Pacific Flowers (Mesquite) — serves the Mesquite/Sunnyvale corridor with bilingual service.

If your preferred florist is not listed, we still accept their delivery. Provide them with our address and the service time when you order.

2. Repast caterers & reception venues

Many families gather for a meal after the service — a "repast" in African American Methodist and Baptist tradition, a "vigilia" or post-Mass meal in Hispanic Catholic tradition, or simply a reception. Most large churches have a fellowship hall that can host one. For families who prefer to host elsewhere, the following work well.

Catering vendors

• Wendy Krispin Catering (Dallas) — wendykrispin.com. High-end Dallas caterer; suitable for elaborate post-service receptions.
• Lisa Garza Events — full-service event catering across DFW.
• Flora Street Cafe Catering (Stephan Pyles) — Arts District Dallas; appropriate for downtown gatherings.
• Babe's Chicken Dinner House — family-style group catering; multiple DFW locations. Affordable and well-suited to large family gatherings.
• Black-Eyed Pea — group menus for casual repast meals; multiple DFW locations.
• Cracker Barrel Catering — family-meal trays; suitable for at-home receptions.
• Eatzi's Market & Bakery (Dallas) — gourmet trays delivered same-day for smaller gatherings.

Hotel ballrooms (more elaborate gatherings)

• Hotel Crescent Court — Dallas (Uptown)
• The Adolphus — Downtown Dallas
• Hilton Anatole — North Dallas
• Westin Galleria Dallas — North Dallas (LBJ corridor)
• The Worthington Renaissance — Downtown Fort Worth
• Westin Stonebriar — Frisco

Church fellowship halls (no rental fee for member families)

Most large parishes and congregations offer their fellowship hall for member families' funeral receptions, often with volunteer kitchen support. Coordinate directly with the parish office. Anchor venues:

• Friendship-West Baptist Church — Dallas (large home-going repast tradition)
• The Potter's House of Dallas — Dallas
• Highland Park United Methodist Church — Dallas
• Prestonwood Baptist Church — Plano
• Stonebriar Community Church — Frisco
• Saint Joseph Catholic Church — Richardson (bilingual; Hispanic ministry)
• Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe — Dallas (Hispanic Catholic anchor)

3. Monument, headstone & grave marker providers

The funeral home does not sell headstones. They are ordered separately, typically 4–12 weeks after the burial, from a monument company. Each cemetery has size, material, and style restrictions; most have an approved-vendor list and an on-site monument company they prefer. We help you compare quotes.

DFW monument companies

• Texas Memorials — Dallas. Granite, bronze, and marble markers; all-faith iconography; bilingual staff.
• Mathis Stone & Monuments — serves Collin and Dallas Counties; on-site at multiple Collin County cemeteries.
• Allen Monument Co. — Allen, TX; works with Ridgeview Memorial Park and Resthaven McKinney.
• Calvary Hill Cemetery monument office — on-site at Calvary Hill (Dallas Catholic). Required for in-cemetery markers.
• DFW National Cemetery — the federal government provides headstones at no cost for eligible veterans. We handle the paperwork (VA Form 40-1330).
• Restland Memorial Park — on-site monument company at 13005 Greenville Ave, Dallas. Required for in-cemetery markers.

Veterans: the VA will provide a free headstone, marker, or medallion for any veteran with an honorable discharge, regardless of where they're buried — not just at national cemeteries. We file the paperwork at no charge.

4. Officiants, celebrants & clergy referrals

If your family does not have a current relationship with a parish, congregation, or imam, we can refer an officiant whose voice and approach matches what you want.

• Catholic priests & deacons — we coordinate directly with the parish where the deceased was a member, or refer to a parish in your area for Vigil Mass and Funeral Mass services.
• Protestant pastors — Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, AME — through home congregations or our referral network of available clergy.
• Imams & ghassal — for Muslim janazah services through the Islamic Association of North Texas (Richardson), East Plano Islamic Center (Plano), Islamic Center of Frisco, Islamic Center of Irving, and Islamic Association of Tarrant County.
• Pandits & priests — for Hindu antyesti rites through DFW Hindu Temple (Irving), Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple (Frisco), and the Greater Dallas Hindu Society.
• Rabbi & chevra kadisha coordination — through Temple Emanu-El, Congregation Shearith Israel, Congregation Shaare Tefilla, Tifereth Israel, or the family's home congregation.
• Buddhist monks — through Wat Dallas (Thai), Chua Dai Tong (Vietnamese), Karma Thegsum Choling (Tibetan), or Dallas Buddhist Center.
• Non-denominational celebrants — certified Funeral Celebrants through In-Sight Books, available for secular and interfaith services. Also DFW Wedding & Funeral Officiants directory.
• Bilingual (Spanish) clergy — Spanish-language Catholic priests through Sacred Heart, Saint Patrick, Mary Immaculate, Saint Joseph (Richardson), and the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

5. Music & live ceremony services

• Church organists & choirs — arranged through the receiving church. Most large parishes have a regular organist and a small ensemble available for funeral services.
• String quartets & chamber ensembles — Dallas Chamber Music Society referrals; SMU Meadows School of the Arts student ensembles available at modest cost.
• Vocalists — soloists from major DFW choral organizations (Dallas Symphony Chorus, Fort Worth Opera, Black Academy of Arts & Letters); reach via the receiving church or our referral network.
• Mariachi groups — for Hispanic Catholic services where families want traditional ranchera or sacred mariachi music. Mariachi Continental of Dallas, Mariachi Quetzal.
• Bagpipers — for Scottish heritage and military services. North Texas Caledonian Pipes & Drums; DFW Pipes & Drums.
• Bugler for Taps — military services. Bugles Across America (national volunteer corps); also DFW Honor Guard provides a live bugler for veterans services at no cost.

6. Tribute video, photo & obituary services

• Tribute slideshow / video memorial — we can prepare a memorial slideshow from photos you provide at no additional cost for our packages, OR you may use a third-party tribute video service such as LifeStory Productions or TributeSlides.com for more elaborate productions.
• Service photography — some families want a discreet photographer at the visitation or service. We can refer Texas Memorial Photography or your own preferred photographer.
• Live-streaming services — for out-of-state family. We provide one-camera live streaming via our chapel system at no charge; we can also coordinate with professional A/V vendors (DFW Live Streaming Services) for multi-camera productions.
• Obituary publication — we draft and post the obituary on our website at no charge. Newspaper obituaries (Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram) are billed directly by the paper; we coordinate submission. Texas Death Certificate obituary service is also available for legal-record obituary publication.
• Memorial program design — printed memorial folders are included in our Memorial and Full Service packages. Custom design upgrades available through Texas Memorial Print Services.

7. Grief counseling & bereavement support

Grief care does not end at the graveside. The first weeks and months can be the hardest. We refer families to the following:

• Hospice Foundation of America — hospicefoundation.org. Free grief resources, recorded webinars, and a national grief-support locator.
• The Caring Place (Dallas) — bereavement support groups for adults; sliding-scale fees.
• WARM Place (Fort Worth) — bereavement center for children, teens, and their families who have experienced a death loss. Free of charge.
• Faith Presbyterian Hospice grief support (Dallas) — bereavement groups open to the public, regardless of whether your loved one was in their care.
• VITAS Healthcare bereavement — thirteen months of bereavement follow-up for families who used VITAS hospice; some resources open to the wider public.
• Christian Services Center grief groups — for Catholic families through the Diocese of Dallas Family Life office.
• Grief Recovery Method facilitators — certified facilitators across DFW; structured 8-week program.
• Licensed clinical grief therapists — we can refer specific LPCs and LCSWs in your area who specialize in grief and traumatic loss.

8. Limo, livery & family transportation

• Family limousines — we coordinate one or more limousines from our fleet (or a partner livery company) to transport immediate family from the funeral home or church to the cemetery and back. Standard for our Memorial and Full Service packages.
• DFW limousine providers — for additional vehicles or larger family groups: Premier Transportation Dallas, Texas Executive Limo, Lone Star Limousine.
• Police escort — for funeral processions on busy roads, we arrange off-duty officers (DFW Funeral Procession Escort Services). Required by some cities for cortege size above 25 vehicles.
• Rideshare for elderly family members — Uber and Lyft both serve the Greenville Avenue / LBJ corridor. We can pre-arrange wheelchair-accessible Uber WAV or Yellow Cab Wheelchair service for family members with mobility limitations.

9. Probate & estate-administration referrals

The funeral home is not a law firm. After the service, families almost always need help with the estate — probate, retitling assets, claiming life insurance, transferring property. We do not give legal advice. We can refer:

• Texas State Bar Lawyer Referral Service — texasbar.com/lrs. Free 30-minute consultation with a licensed Texas probate attorney.
• Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program — free probate help for low-income families.
• Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas — serves DFW families below 125% of the federal poverty line.
• Senior Source Aging Network — free guidance for surviving spouses on Social Security, Medicare changes, and benefits transitions.
• VA-accredited claims agents — for veterans benefit claims after death (Dependency & Indemnity Compensation, accrued benefits, burial allowance).

For more on what you'll need to handle yourself: see our estate settlement guide and downloadable checklist.

What about vendors not on this list?

You are free to use any florist, caterer, monument company, or service provider you wish. We accept deliveries from anyone. We do not earn referral fees and have no financial interest in the businesses listed here — we list them because DFW families ask for recommendations and these are the names that come up over and over. If you have a vendor in mind that isn't listed, ask us — we likely have a working relationship and can vouch for their reliability.