Garden Helps Jacksonville City Leaders Provide Dignity, Respect to the Dead

Last fiscal year, 241 people were ultimately approved for the program and became indigents of the city. That included 213 adults and 28 infants.

Once indigents are cremated, their names are held for at least four months to allow family members to claim them.

It costs Jacksonville more than $1,100 for each indigent cremation and another $35 if the remains have to be scattered. The money comes from the city's general fund. They also take care of final respects for many veterans, but their family has the choice of having them buried or cremated.