You implied you're in Texas - you may wish to look into natural burial - I don't know where in Texas you are - but I was considering it for myself.

http://www.eloisewoods.com/index.html is one option - but there are many others - it comes with the advantage of being much cheaper - you could even dig.. well you know.

I hope you beat it dude, I really do, I'm 31 - 4 years ain't that much.