Companion Monuments

Today, companion memorials are the most frequently placed memorial tributes in American cemeteries. 

Sizes and styles may be controlled by cemetery regulations, although most cemeteries are encouraging upright memorialization, allowing families to convey their love and remembrance when planning a memorial tribute for loved ones. Spanning two grave sites, these monuments may be designed to reflect family values, a profession, a love of life, etc. Designs are only limited by one's imagination.

EBERT 44

Chelsey Ebert was a star freshmen player on her varsity basketball team. She developed bone cancer halfway through her first season. Later in the season her team, honored Chelsey by draping her jersey over her bench seat when she wasn’t physically able to attend their games. They knew she was there in spirit. Her jersey is permanently carved in granite on the middle seat of her memorial and her grandmothers names are inscribed as a cenotaph on the seats on either side of her name. She also has a lawn level marker in front of the memorial.

KANABLE

The vertical stone with its variegated coloring is adorned with a bronze cross and a photo etched black granite insert of the couple. This piece joins the two individual tablets as a symbolic jester of Christ having brought the couple together.

RAPP

Mrs. Rapp’s wish for flowers to be on her grave site led to a design around a unique shaped flower vase. The patterned back ground represents her love for quilting and symbolizes her caring generous spirit as she quilted blankets for nursing home residents. The bronze bird was used to express her love for birds without making it the main theme of the memorial.

FERGUSON

The angel’s outstretched arm, with the rose in hand, expresses a feeling of comfort to the widow of two young children as they sit on a sofa type bench. This custom memorial is a tribute to a loving husband and father.

THORNTON

The family wanted to show Charles’s love for the University of Alabama. The university’s logo, completed in the team color of red granite is the highlight of the memorial. Charles Thornton was the Sports Information Director and Assistant Athletic Director under Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant.

TUTTLE Memorial

The children of the Tuttle family wanted to represent their parents as two unique individuals. Their mother who was short and feminine is symbolized with the pink bronze rose and four roses for her four children. Their father is an outdoorsman and hunter, so three graphic images were chosen for his side of the monument. The two “wings” are joined with a plinth bearing the family name.