Monuments & Markers

Monuments & Markers

Let us help you preserve the memory of your special loved one with a distinctive, hand-crafted monument or marker from Peoples Monument Company.

We offer Northern Kentucky’s largest selection of quality and affordable monuments and markers that will tastefully preserve your family heritage for all future generations. All of our superior quality granite is quarried in Elberton, Georgia – America’s Granite Capital.

Peoples Monument Company can effortlessly arrange the purchase, quality control, delivery and complete, professional installation of your monument or marker at the cemetery or gravesite of your choice. We also handle all monument and marker foundation pouring, setting, leveling and transportation for lettering and/or etching. We serve all Northern Kentucky cemeteries.
If you see a particular monument or marker you like at any area cemetery, we can get it for you. Just give us a call. We offer free price and installation quotes over the telephone. There is no monument, marker or individual mausoleum project we cannot or will not handle.

Peoples is also proud to serve you after the sale with ongoing maintenance and upkeep of your monument or marker, including flower vase repair, re-leveling, refilling of sunken foundations, monument and marker cleaning and repair.

Monument Care

Sometimes we forget that while granite has such an incredible durability and strength it is still vulnerable to certain types of damage. Although granite is very hard, it is also quite brittle. Anything that bumps against the sharp corners or edges can take out an unsightly chip. Stacking objects on the polished surface can scratch or dull the finish. All persons who handle heavy pieces of granite should be properly trained and certified in proper monument installation to ensure it is done correctly. We are proud to say that all of our professional monument and marker installation specialists have been properly trained and certified by the Elberton Granite Association, Elberton, Georgia.

A granite memorial, like any material that is constantly exposed to the elements, will require certain maintenance. Never use cleaners with abrasives or cleaners with chlorine to clean polished granite. Do not use waxes or polishes to "brighten" the granite. Peoples Funeral Home and Monument Company offer you our expert cleaning services at a very affordable price. We recommend that regularly, once a year- perhaps on Memorial Day, Labor Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving or Christmas, you have your memorial professionally cleaned and checked by our trained and certified monument restoration specialists. We use special high pressure washers and distinctive cleaning agents to properly, carefully and thoroughly clean and preserve your cherished memorial.

Granite monuments and markers make beautiful memorials. Having your memorial properly cleaned and checked, once per year, will ensure that your memorial will retain its beauty and honor your loved one for many years to come. If you have any questions or concerns about caring for your memorial, please give us a call or e-mail us. We are happy to help!

History of Grave Markers

The history of stone grave markers goes back thousands of years. The Greeks and Romans used stone monuments to honor the dead and prevent graves from being disturbed. In America, gravestone carvers have used various types of rock for burial markers during different periods.


The Puritans who settled New England in the 1600's created simple wooden or stone grave markers. They believed that carving anything other than words on them would violate the biblical commandment against creating graven images, according to the website Digital History.


Slate was the first stone that was widely used to make grave markers in America, and gravestone carvers used the gray rock from the mid-1600's to about 1900, according to the website Gravestone Preservation. Many slate headstones remain in New England cemeteries and still have readable inscriptions.


Carvers in Connecticut used sandstone, or brownstone, from the mid-1600's to about 1890, as the rock was readily available there. In the 1800's, Connecticut quarries shipped the stone to other parts of the country by train.


Headstone carvers used marble or limestone for grave markers from the late 1700's to about 1930, Gravestone Preservation says. Because these stones become stained over time, the inscriptions can be difficult to read.


Today in America, because of its strength and durability, granite has been the primary stone used for grave markers since the 1860's. Granite can be gray or another color, depending on where it is mined. Some of the very finest granite is mined and manufactured in Elberton, Georgia.


Regardless of which personalized grave monument or marker you choose, know that in doing so, you place yourself within a long and varied human tradition of permanently preserving, honoring and remembering the lives of those we love.

The Perfect Memorial

Pet Memorials

The loss of a loyal and loving family pet is devastating. Pets give us so much and they ask for so little in return. All they want is our love and friendship. Unfortunately, their lives are short and when they are gone they leave a huge void in our hearts and home.
 
Many pet owners choose to honor and remember their friend and family member through the perfect pet memorial. Peoples Funeral Home and Monument Company offer a wide array of distinctive and unique pet memorials. Hand carved in American Granite can be your pets name; a picture of your pet; a special memorial epitaph or a treasured picture of you and your pet. This is just the beginning. We off small garden monuments and markers, garden benches, and specialized carvings of your pet that you can display inside your home.

Cal or stop by our Butler Funeral Home location for more information. We would be honored to help you remember your special pet in a lasting tribute to their love and devotion to you!
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