Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home
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Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home
8312 Dallas Hwy, Douglasville, GA 30134 · (770) 489-6751
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★★★★★4.537 Google reviews

About Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home

Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home is an independently owned, family-connected operation founded in 1982 in Atlanta's Historic West End, with no corporate affiliations — a firm that has spent four decades serving Atlanta's Black community and has been trusted with services for prominent civil rights figures including Congressman John Lewis and Reverend Joseph Lowery. The funeral home operates five Georgia locations and offers a full range of services including traditional burial, cremation, veterans assistance, pre-need planning, and a year-long grief support program for families after services conclude. Pricing is not published online, and the firm's own description of cremation as "competitively priced" is unverified by third-party data, so families should request an itemized General Price List before making any decisions. Across its three documented locations, Google ratings range from 4.1 to 4.5 out of 5 based on more than 265 combined reviews, with customers most often praising the warmth and personal attention of named staff members and the quality of preparation; a smaller but consistent thread of reviews raises concerns about communication gaps, disorganization, and variability in service quality depending on location and spend level, which families may want to address directly — and in writing — when making arrangements.

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★★★★★Keena Meena
4 months ago

I want to say thank you to Willie Watkins funeral home, especially Shaun. The whole experience was stress- free for my family and I, Shaun and her entire family (Watkins) is heaven sent. I would definitely recommend anyone going through the lost of a love to allow them to work their magic!

★★★★★K D
4 months ago

Where do I start? I cannot tell them thank you enough! From the first phone call to the end of it all. When I tell you what/how they had our mom looking, no words! They were so empathetic and made this very hard time a very peaceful and easy process for us. Darrell and family went above and be…

★★★★★G Robinson
5 months ago

Aftercare of my sister was entrusted to the Willie Watkins Funeral Home in Carrollton, Georgia. Although I was not there for the beginning of this journey, I was there to witness the end. Very professional staff not in just the care of my sister's remains and the services; but the care of the fami…

★★★★★Sweet Life
10 months ago

Originally, I thought this funeral home was decent however they are unprofessional And they involve themselves in family matters. They will tell you one thing and do another. They will try to give you incorrect information or not the full information even though you are the person or one of the pers…

★★★★★T. Brown
12 months ago

I would like to thank Darrell Watkins and his staff for the professional way thay handled my father's service. My father relocated ro Georgia 2years prior to his passing and I was not from there. Even though I was in Pennsylvania, the staff communicated and helped with every detail to make sure my …

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OwnershipIndependent
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Phone(770) 836-0044
Metro areaAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell
Servicescremation, burial
HoursOpen 24 hours
Google reviews32 reviews →
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