I need to find a insurance policy and burial plan and will. Need to know how to find them

My mother passed away in October of 2000 and 14 she said before she passed that she had an insurance policy I will in a burial plan but she passed away before we can find out where all of it was so now her house has been foreclosed on I finished paying her car and I went to have the title transferred into my name they told me that her funeral had to beat her funeral arrangements had to be paid before they can do anything to transfer anything in her estate so I'm trying to find out if there is any way around that or if there was any way that I can check and see if she had a burial plan or an insurance policy I've been left in a bad situation she has already had her house foreclosed on so I finish paying off the car and now I can't get it legal I'm trying to see if there is any other way around it she has she lived in Fayetteville North Carolina for the last 15 years and she lived in Chula Vista California for the rest thank you in advance I did find an old well that had not been notariz