![From Rhinestones to Tombstones: Memorial Monuments of Country Music's Dearly Departed - The Birthplace of Country Music From Rhinestones to Tombstones: Memorial Monuments of Country Music's Dearly Departed - The Birthplace of Country Music](https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lesley-Riddle_Gwen-Bodford-997x1024.jpg)
From Rhinestones to Tombstones: Memorial Monuments of Country Music's Dearly Departed - The Birthplace of Country Music
![From Rhinestones to Tombstones: Memorial Monuments of Country Music's Dearly Departed - The Birthplace of Country Music From Rhinestones to Tombstones: Memorial Monuments of Country Music's Dearly Departed - The Birthplace of Country Music](https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Jimmy-Martin_Lane-Owens-White.jpg)
From Rhinestones to Tombstones: Memorial Monuments of Country Music's Dearly Departed - The Birthplace of Country Music
![An Iowa family left a unique 'term of endearment' on their father's headstone. It's stirred controversy in the community | CNN An Iowa family left a unique 'term of endearment' on their father's headstone. It's stirred controversy in the community | CNN](https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/c_fill,g_auto,w_1200,h_675,ar_16:9/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F220619171623-01-iowa-headstone-profanity-controversy-trnd.jpg)
An Iowa family left a unique 'term of endearment' on their father's headstone. It's stirred controversy in the community | CNN
![From Rhinestones to Tombstones: Memorial Monuments of Country Music's Dearly Departed - The Birthplace of Country Music From Rhinestones to Tombstones: Memorial Monuments of Country Music's Dearly Departed - The Birthplace of Country Music](https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/George-Jones-collage_Tony-Stogsdill-1024x512.jpg)
From Rhinestones to Tombstones: Memorial Monuments of Country Music's Dearly Departed - The Birthplace of Country Music
![Several headstones vandalized at Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach; most have been repaired – Press Telegram Several headstones vandalized at Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach; most have been repaired – Press Telegram](https://www.presstelegram.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/LPT-L-SUNNYSIDE-0824-05.jpg?w=564)
Several headstones vandalized at Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach; most have been repaired – Press Telegram
![ILL. 3: Peter Kneppley (1772-1854) grave marker at Friedens Church. Courtesy of Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church of Friedensville, Pa. | Pennsylvania German Blog ILL. 3: Peter Kneppley (1772-1854) grave marker at Friedens Church. Courtesy of Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church of Friedensville, Pa. | Pennsylvania German Blog](https://alyssumarts.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/3_alyssumarts_peter-kneppley_friedenschurch_v2_c2a9dlmoyer.jpg?w=466)