Hiers-Baxley Funeral & Cremation Life Event Center - Buffalo Ridge

Hiers-Baxley Funeral & Cremation Life Event Center – Buffalo Ridge is a funeral and cremation event center in The Villages, Florida. It is part of Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services, a family of funeral home locations serving North Central Florida.

Opened in 2017, the Buffalo Ridge location was purpose-built as a dedicated life event and memorial facility serving The Villages and surrounding communities. The facility features multiple chapels and reception and event space, along with a multi-sensory audio-visual system including video walls designed to support personalized memorial presentations. Services include burial services, cremation services, funeral and memorial services, memorial-only services, pre-need planning, reception and catered events, veterans services including military honors, and ash scattering assistance. Burial and cremation services are coordinated through affiliated Hiers-Baxley funeral home locations. Memorial diamonds are available through a partner provider.

This location does not operate an on-site cemetery or crematory. Pet cremation is not available.

Families served at this location name individual staff members at a notably high rate in reviews, consistently describe the arrangement process as seamless, and have noted that staff communication and follow-up continue after the service is complete.

Cremation services are performed at company-owned facilities in The Villages area. Hiers-Baxley Funeral & Cremation Life Event Center – Buffalo Ridge is part of a network of locations that includes its own cremation infrastructure — so families choosing cremation here work directly with our staff throughout, rather than being transferred to an independent third-party provider.  In the event that cremation equipment is unavailable, cremation will occur at another location.