headstone

[ hed-stohn ]

/ ˈhɛdˌstoʊn /

a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.

Origin of headstone

First recorded in 1525–35; head + stone

“Good bye boys, I die a true American,” were his last words, according to the headstone.

Brooklyn’s Gangster Graveyard |Nina Strochlic |October 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Donations flowed in from around the world, and Spann finally got a headstone—30 years after he died.

Blues Musicians in Unmarked Graves Are Finally Getting Some Respect |Malcolm Jones |January 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But the sight of that headstone made his existence more real to me, made me a little more humble and oddly very joyful.

Blues Musicians in Unmarked Graves Are Finally Getting Some Respect |Malcolm Jones |January 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery on Sept. 16, 2008, with a headstone saying, “Queen of Pin-Ups.”

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On his headstone is inscribed a simple, ineradicable fact: “Here Lies Eric Arthur Blair.”

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When he died, his rich relations put a headstone on his grave, but left it blank.

The Jews of Barnow |Karl Emil Franzos
A mound showed where Anitra had been laid away; a little mound surmounted by a headstone carved with her name.

The Chief Legatee |Anna Katharine Green
He saved all of those lives as it is chiseled on his headstone.

Georgina of the Rainbows |Annie Fellows Johnston
The name on the headstone was Stires, and there was himself—no, a ghost of himself!

Satan Sanderson |Hallie Erminie Rives
It is found, however, on a headstone of a somewhat weak design in Old Hornsey Churchyard.

In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious |W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent

headstone

/ (ˈhɛdˌstəʊn) /

a memorial stone at the head of a grave

architect another name for keystone