| When a person passes away, the traditional choice | | | | Depending on the cemetery, it may be the family's |
| of burial is underground inside a cemetery. Although | | | | responsibility to correctly care for and keep the |
| the alternative means of disposing a body using | | | | gravestone site maintained.For example, if something |
| cremation is on the rise, burial is still the more popular | | | | wears or dies away, the family will need to replace |
| choice today. | | | | or maintain it. |
| Because more people opt to be buried than | | | | Cemeteries do try and ensure the gravesite is nicely |
| cremated, cemeteries are becoming more and more | | | | maintained but most do not guarantee this. In some |
| crowded and it can be a challenge to locate a loved | | | | older cemeteries, you can visually notice gavestones |
| one's grave location.The funeral site is marked with a | | | | deteriorating or falling apart due to age.When an |
| gravesite marker which is placed at the top of the | | | | individual passes on and a grave headstone is |
| grave and a headstone marks the head of the | | | | acquired, an epitaph is typically carved in. |
| gravesite.There are good options available when | | | | An epitaph is a short saying, quote, verse, or |
| purchasing a headstone for a loved one. | | | | sentence that pertains to the deceased. It is not |
| Headstones come in a variety of styles ranging from | | | | peculiar for gravestones to come engraved with non |
| an easy flat slate to a more complex marker in the | | | | mundane or standard designs. A number of these |
| form of an object with the taller height.The family | | | | markings may include, but are not limited to, a dove, |
| decides the final choice of a headstone marker along | | | | heart, flower, cross, or angel. |
| with any of the cemetery's rules and regulations. | | | | |