Got a Weird one- Bronze Cemetery Grave Marker- New in the Box

**sledge** · 10-08-2013, 05:43 PM

Ok still putting in work on this. I can't believe this was found online- but here is a picture of the Simmons Family Headstone. Must be an old picture as his wife's date of passing is not on the stone. But I see No MARKER in this picture!

**Mechanic688** · 10-08-2013, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by sledge42

Ok still putting in work on this. I can't believe this was found online- but here is a picture of the Simmons Family Headstone. Must be an old picture as his wife's date of passing is not on the stone. But I see No MARKER in this picture!

The one you have usually is the first thing put out till the head stone shows up. Not too many have both,

**sledge** · 10-08-2013, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

The one you have usually is the first thing put out till the head stone shows up. Not too many have both,

He can have Both though I hope? I'm not a cemetery expert by any stretch.. but there should be a way to display both- maybe to the side? Maybe a special stone next to his side of the headstone?

**JohnC4X4** · 10-08-2013, 06:12 PM

Around here that marker would go in front of the head stone

**Bear** · 10-08-2013, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

The one you have usually is the first thing put out till the head stone shows up. Not too many have both,

One of those is from the VA, the other by the family. The VA now uses marble or granite I think, it's what we got with Dads in 08. It was about the same thing, only in stone instead of bronze. It arrived so quick we just used it. I made a form and poured a cement base, then set the stone from VA on it. We had a monument company update my little brothers to match. They set a pre-made concrete pad in place, and siliconed the stone to it. The only real visible difference was I had formed the slab on Dads to tilt forward