Category: Tombstone Art

A book symbol on a tombstone usually represents the Holy Bible or the Book of Life.

A bird symbol on a tombstone, often depicted as a dove, symbolizes peace, resurrection, and innocence and is often used on a child’s tombstone.

Birds, usually doves, are common tombstone symbols. They symbolize peace, resurrection, and innocence.
Birds are usually depicted as flying or sitting but we saw this unusual bird scene on a tombstone at Greenville Union Cemetery, Darke County, Ohio.

Angel carvings are often used on tombstones and angel statues are frequently seen in cemeteries.
Angels are agents of God, messengers between God and man, between heaven and earth. They symbolize spirituality.