May the county assist with the costs of burial for an honorably discharged veteran?
A veteran who dies without leaving sufficient means to pay funeral expenses may be buried by the county under the same circumstances as any other deceased pauper. There does not appear to be any authority in Health & Safety Code §713.029 or elsewhere, for the commissioners court to provide additional services based on a deceased person’s status as an honorably discharged veteran. For more information, see our publication Cemeteries and Pauper Burial.