To order copies by mail from Tennessee Vital Records:
Mail your request to the office at the address shown below. For all requests for death records, please include a photocopy of a government issued form of identification, which includes the requestor's signature. Certificates requested through the mail are usually returned to the customer within four to six weeks of the day received. The certificate of a recent death is often not available from the Office of Vital Records until several weeks after the event. The cost is $7.00 per certified copy.
You will need to provide the following:
To order copies by mail from Mississippi Vital Records:
For information on burial and survivor benefits for retired railroad employees from Tennessee, contact the local RRB office:
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
233 Cumberland Street
Memphis, TN 38112
Phone:
(901) 544-3274
For information on burial and survivor benefits for retired railroad employees from Mississippi, contact the RRB district office:
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
1200 Cherry Brook Drive
Suite 500
Little Rock, AR 72211
Phone:
(877) 772-5772
To order copies by mail from Mississippi Vital Records:
It is possible that you may be entitled to burial allowances provided by the U.S. Veterans Administration. If these allowances were not assigned to the funeral home at the time funeral and financial arrangements were completed, please contact the following agency to confirm eligibility or file a claim:
In Tennessee:
Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs
215 Rosa L. Parks Avenue
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone:
(615) 741-2931
In Mississippi:
Jackson VA Regional Office
1600 E. Woodrow Wilson Avenue
Jackson, MS 39216
Phone:
(601) 364-7000
For detailed information about burial benefits and eligibility requirements, click here.
You may also call 1-800-827-1000 to speak with a Veterans' Benefits Counselor about your eligibility.