Useful Contact Information

Mike Wade, Wade Family Funeral Home:

817-274-9233

Social Security Administration:

1-800-772-1213

Texas Department of Insurance:

1-800-252-3439
or
512-463-6501

Veteran's Administration:

1400 North Valley Mills Drive
Waco TX 76799
Phone: 1-800-827-1000
Hours: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm (except for Federal holidays)

For assistance in burial at a
National Cemetery call us at:

817-274-9233

Donation of human bodies to medical facilities can be made either directly to the facility, through a funeral establishment or by contacting:

Anatomical Board, State of Texas
UT Medical Branch H43
Galveston, Texas 77550
Phone: 409-772-1293

For more information regarding prepaid funerals, please contact:

Texas Department of Banking
Special Audit Division
2601 North Lamar Boulevard
Austin, Texas 78705-4294
Phone: 512-475-1290
Fax: 512-475-1288
www.banking.state.tx.us

or

Texas Department of Insurance
Consumer Help Line
P.O. box 149091
Austin, Texas 78714-9091
512-463-6515
or
1-800-252-3439

Funeral Service Consumer Arbitration Program:

Funeral Service Consumer Arbitration Program
2550 East Devon
Des Plaines, IL 60018
1-800-662-7666

The Federal Trade Commission:

Federal Trade Commission
Dallas Regional Office
100 N. Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75201
214-767-5501

Texas Attorney General:

Consumer Protection Division
Attorney General of Texas
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, TX 78711
512-463-2070

For general information regarding funerals and funeral home regulations, please contact:

Texas Funeral Service Commission
510 South Congress, Suite 206
Austin, Texas 78704-1716
512-936-2474
Toll Free: 1-888-667-4881
Fax: 512-479-5064
TDD: 1-800-RELAY TX