What do you inscribe on a gravestone?

What do you inscribe on a gravestone?

Headstone engraving costs an average of about $20 per letter for inscriptions up to 20 or 30 letters in length. Additional lettering often costs less–around $10 per character. If you order a standard headstone with your loved one's name, birth date, and death date, the cost will average around $500.

What do you say on a gravestone?

A short message referred to as an epitaph is usually added to a headstone along with a person's name, birth date, and death date. Typically, the goal of the epitaph is to leave some words of wisdom, share the most important values of the deceased, or summarize the person's life.

How do you write a remembrance message?

While there is no one specific rule around how long you need to wait before you can put a headstone on a burial grave, as a guideline figure it is recommended that you wait for at least six months, if not longer.

What do you put on a gravestone for mum and dad?

Add the person's nickname to the headstone. Below the full name, add the person's nickname (if there is one) in quotation marks or italic. If the person used "Bob" instead of his real name "Robert," include both names on the headstone.

How much is a small headstone?

Many variables affect the price of a granite memorial, such as the size of the marker and type of granite used. Our standard flat grave markers cost around $1,000, smaller garden memorials for home memorialization begin at 300, and upright headstones start at $1,200.