Setting the highest standards for care, service and facilities
Working with charities and carers to improve support
Guiding families with local sensitivity and understanding
Our funeral directors in East Lothian are at our funeral home in Tranent, which sits next to the Spar and the Post Office. However you choose to say goodbye, your family will be looked after with the same warmth and care. When you feel ready, you'll sit down with us, tell us a little about the person you've lost, and take the choices one at a time. The team here is experienced and well known in the town. Speak to our funeral home in Tranent whenever you'd like to begin.
Our teams across East Lothian can talk you through an attended funeral in East Lothian or an unattended funeral in East Lothian, and help you choose memorials in East Lothian when you feel ready. You can also see our funeral directors in Tranent.
Our funeral home is next to the Spar and the Post Office.
These are estimated costs for a cremation. For a burial, please call us and we'll explain the costs.
Total price: £4,141
Total price: £1,645
The cost of a funeral depends on what you need. We'll help you understand everything, so you can plan without any surprises.
Our prices include all the essentials
The prices you see on each branch's Price List are our lowest for each type of funeral. They include caring for the person who's died, a simple coffin, and the cremation or burial. We don't charge for the little touches like placing a rose on the coffin or playing music.
What affects the cost?
You can choose to add a personal touch, such as a unique coffin, flowers, your choice of transport, a printed order of service or a memorial. There might be additional costs depending on the type of funeral you choose, or what you require. You can find out additional costs by looking at Additional Options Price Lists on each branch's webpage.
Rated 4.69 / 5 based on 13 reviews.
The whole family would like to thank you all especially Anne for all your help and support, when organising our Mum's funeral. Nothing was too much trouble. Would highly recommend you and would not hesitate to use your services again, but hope it's not too soon
Linda Welsh, 1 September 2026
We had a lovely experience with Dignity Anne at James Scott was very thorough, helpful warm and caring. Anne knew how to help us and delivered a first class service. I cannot recommend her and James Scott enough. Our service was lovely the celebrant Trish, Anne got us was amazing and everything was taken care of exactly as it was planned. Thank you.
Janice Wilson, 1 July 2026
My brothers funeral was a few years ago, but I've been annoyed by the service provided ever since and feel the need to leave this review. Issue number 1 was that during the service, they read out the names of the deceaseds family members, with them getting the name of his brother wrong. Offered do to a Celtic FC style coffin for the family, not only did it look completely cheap with the way it was painted bright green, it was also still wet and stained the pal-bearers jackets. Complete joke of a funeral directors, stay well clear
Danny Gaffney, 15 February 2026
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