Selecting Gravestone Types- Which One Is Appropriate?
The choice of an appropriate marker for a family member's grave can be difficult. How do you know what kind of marker to order? Having a good knowledge of your cemetery regulations and speaking with the local monument provider is important when you're choosing where to scatter the remains of your loved ones. Several granite colors are available, such as domestic and imported varieties. For many of the headstones, there is not only the name and date of the demise, but also some appropriate symbols or words to go along with it.
The decision will need to be made on your loved one's behalf. When you think about their legacy, you may decide to do something that relates to a particular interest or pursuit in their life, and will be remembered for. There are numerous ways to express your belief, from which you may choose, but the common theme is usually is religion, symbols like doves, flowers, or hobbies like cross-handed artists
Typically, you will order headstones that are manufactured from granite or bronze. Although it has been widely employed previously, marble is not recommended due to being softer and more permeable. Gravestones is also a highly recommended thing for cemetery.
Common Types of Grave Markers:
Slants
Monuments
Pillow Markers
Cremation Memorials
Bolder Monuments
Benches
Memorials of Bronze
Also, you should keep in mind that you can get a marker with a single or multiple engravings, for a single or multiple burials. In some instances, people prefer to have their loved ones buried in the same plot to obtain savings on headstones. While one of the parties is still living, selecting a headstone may be a bit grim, but it is ultimately a more affordable.
Selection of Epitaphs, Headstone & Verses
When you have selected the type of headstone and the inscription, consider what you want to be engraved or attached. It is a widely known fact that birth and death dates are commonly included in everyone's full name. Your choice in the other matters more personal matters of your life is limited only by what you and your family want to inscribe on your headstone. Planning is important, and many monument companies offer this service for you.
Other nondescript accessories for tombstones or Grave Makers
Plaques and sculptures can be used to embellish gravestones and headstones, and bronze accessories have gained favor. Veterans' monuments may appear in the form of bronze plates or badges. The use of photographic imagery in grave markers has seen a dramatic increase in the last fifty years because of modern technologies. Many gravestones also include a vase for permanent votive like flowers.
Additionally, it is recommended that a lamp be incorporated into your gravestone. Throughout the ages, candles have symbolized remembrance, and with the advent of solar energy, it is now possible to consecrate landmarks with solar crosses, angelic, and glowing lights that do not burn or eventually decay.
Southwest Monuments in Oklahoma can bring forth a plethora of options. Building gravestones for us is like making your loved ones close to you forever. Give us the responsibility and we will make sure that the just departed soul rests in peace.