Tomos James, Funeral Celebrant
Offering personalised funeral and memorial ceremonies along the South Coast.
Hi – I’m Tomos James – Tom. I’m a funeral celebrant based in Portsmouth.
With a background in funerals, I’m thankful for every chance to celebrate life.
That spark of who we are and all we bring –
The love we share –
Makes us worth a celebration!
Search and search, and you’ll never find anyone like the person who has died. Their love was unique, and their laugh was their own. They were an important part of life.
As your funeral celebrant – whether you’re in Portsmouth or elsewhere – we’ll create a ceremony that feels like them. It will ring true to how they lived and loved. It will bid them farewell in a way that feels right for you...
Only farewell.
It’s until we meet again
When the time is right…
A funeral…?
A memorial…?
A funeral or a memorial is a gathering of two halves:
In honour of the deceased –
Celebrating their life and character, input and legacy.
In support of you and their loved ones –
Bringing comfort as you bid them ‘farewell’.
And how we go about achieving these halves is as broad in scope as we’re all unique.
After all…
It’s the feeling,
The meaning.
Love.
Working with a funeral celebrant shouldn’t be a mystery –
not in Portsmouth, not anywhere
The death of someone close brings many challenges. It can be difficult to handle all the paperwork, decisions, emotions, and tasks.
Where do I start?
How do I start?
What am I supposed do?
Saying farewell in a way that feels like them and brings you comfort shouldn’t add to the burden.
You’ve got enough on your plate – you don’t need the uncertainty of not knowing what happens next…
Fee
I match the parochial funeral fee set by the Church of England.
To find out more about my fee and what it includes, click here.
Kind words…
E & J
Just to say a very big thank you for C’s farewell.You were great and I think your delivery was perfect.
It’s the little things that make us love someone the most. And it’s those little things that add to their meaning. To the way they make us feel inside.
As unique as our feeling for them resonates. The same, too, for how their death makes us feel.
Grief offers no menu. It holds no schedule. And sometimes, it doesn’t even make sense.
It is knots of every emotion and moment. Of joy and sorrow. Of love. And everything else in between.
It is entirely personal to you.
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