Bookish 1

Books are not an uncommon motif, usually suggestive of the Bible, but as a bookworm it's fun seeing them nonetheless.

From South Onondaga Cemetery:

An upright Book of Life. This one is so neat in its simplicity-- it's basically just a normal, modern, upright headstone, but the small extra touches to create the spine and pages make it really different.

From Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester:

A couple's names written across the pages of a large open book:

From Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta:

Not quite a book, but name-dropping a historic author, the simple grave of Gone With the Wind author Margaret Mitchell:

Artful

From Assumption Cemetery in Syracuse:

The Last Supper engraved on a headstone.

 I must say that this cemetery was the first one I have ever been in that creeped me out a little. It was very crowded (see below) and most of the headstones seemed to come from the same 5 templates, the main variance being size. It was ...disconcerting.

Faces

Unlike all the statues I have seen and posted, these are limited only to heads, each presumably modeled after the deceased's own.

From Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta:

A nice obelisk, somewhat set apart by some dense plant growth...

And the face, "In memory of my wife":

And the top half of the obelisk:

From Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester:

James Douglas Reid
1819-1901
Born Edinburgh
Died New York
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A pioneer of the telegraph and its first superintendent
Friend and associate of Morse
A kindly gentleman of beautiful character and stainless life
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This monument was erected 1914 by telegraphers in appreciation and loving memory of his unselfish helpfulness.






From Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse:

Lewis H. Redfield: Printer

The rest of his epitaph:

A worn and battered form,

Gone to be re-cast,

More beautiful and perfect.

Matched Set 2

From LaFayette Cemetery, LaFayette, NY:

It's the exact same obelisk, only smaller (it's not just the perspective)! I wonder if that's anything like showing up to a fancy dress party in the same ensemble as another woman.

And just for fun, a lovely landscape picture of this cemetery:

Matched Set 1

From South Onondaga Cemetery:

A pair of matching headstones with a funky, multi-point star shape on their top edges.

Close-up of each: