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What headstone does

Everlasting Granite and Marble is a family-owned monument and memorial business founded in 1987 by Wayne Craft and currently operated by his son Gregg Craft and Gregg's wife Vanessa Craft from a single storefront at 602 Monte Sano Ave., Augusta, Georgia. The company designs, manufactures, engraves, and installs custom headstones, memorials, and related monument markers using granite, marble, and bronze, serving families and individuals throughout the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) and the broader southeastern United States. Its physical location sits directly at the front gates of Westover Cemetery and within the immediate vicinity of Walker Memorial, Magnolia, Westview, and other local cemeteries.

The core offering is custom monument markers, supported by a diversified adjacent portfolio including bronze memorial markers, memorial brick engraving, sandblasting engraving, porcelain photo memorials, pet markers, headstone cleaning services, death-date engraving, coping and gravel, small sign blasting, and veiling. Manufacturing and engraving are performed in-house using traditional techniques such as sandblasting with compressed air and hand diamond-tip etching on black granite, the latter done by a local artist using a tattoo-gun-like device. The company emphasizes a collaborative design process, submitting proofs to customers for approval before engraving, and provides full delivery and installation to the customer's chosen cemetery.

Revenue is generated through one-time custom product sales and professional services on a quote-based pricing model that is not publicly disclosed. Customer acquisition is direct-to-consumer via phone, text, in-person consultations, and a website contact form, with reputation-building via Google Reviews and a Facebook gallery. Payment is accepted in cash and checks only; the business operates standard weekday hours with Saturday appointments on request, and no external investors, parent company, subsidiaries, or funding rounds are associated with the entity.

Name

headstone

Legal name

Everlasting Granite and Marble

Website

https://everlastinggm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Everlasting Granite and Marble is a family-owned, Augusta, GA-based memorial business founded in 1987 that designs, manufactures, engraves, and installs custom headstones, bronze memorials, and related monument products for families across the southeastern United States using in-house sandblasting and diamond-tip etching techniques.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Monument and Memorial Manufacturing

NAICS

Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing (327991)

SIC

Cut Stone & Stone Products (3281)

akta.pro primary industry

Granite Quarrying & Dimension Stone Fabrication (IMAKAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Marble Quarrying & Dimension Stone Fabrication (IMAKAHAE), Stone Repair (Chips, Cracks, Fills) (HSAGAGAH)

Keywords

• Custom monument markers
• Memorial engraving services
• Bronze memorial markers
• Headstone manufacturing
• Grave marker installation

Headquarters

HQ city

Augusta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Monument and Marker Sales: Custom monument markers, bronze memorials, and pet markers sold to individuals and families. Products are customized with engravings, designs, and inscriptions. Includes design services and customer approval of proofs before engraving.
2. On-Site Engraving Services: Death date engravings done on-site to existing monuments after a loved one has passed.
3. Headstone Cleaning Services: Professional cleaning services for monument markers and headstones to preserve their appearance and structural integrity.
4. Memorial Brick Engraving: Professional memorial brick engraving services with customized messages.
5. Bronze Memorial Markers: Design, delivery, and installation of bronze memorial markers with complete customization including size, engraving messages, and imagery.
6. Porcelain Photos: Porcelain photo memorial products with lifetime guarantee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Everlasting Granite and Marble (operating as Headstone) designs, manufactures, engraves, and installs custom monument markers, memorials, bronze markers, memorial bricks, pet markers, and related stone memorial products. The firm also offers sandblasting and diamond-tip engraving, on-site death-date engraving, headstone cleaning, coping and gravel, veiling, porcelain photo memorials, and small sign blasting. Operations are conducted in-house from a physical location in Augusta, GA, with delivery and installation across the CSRA and southeastern United States.

Product overview

Everlasting Granite and Marble is a family-owned monument and memorial business established in 1987, offering customized monument markers and related memorial products and services. The core product portfolio centers on Custom Monument Markers and Bronze Memorial Markers, supplemented by specialized services including Memorial Brick Engraving, Sandblast Engraving, Porcelain Photos, Pet Markers, Headstone Cleaning, Death Date Engraving, Coping and Gravel, Small Sign Blasting, and Veiling. The company provides complete in-house design, manufacturing, and installation services, collaborating with customers to create tailored memorials for people and pets throughout the greater CSRA and southeastern United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Monument Markers Customized monument markers for honoring deceased loved ones, including in-house design, engraving, delivery, and installation services. Each piece is collaboratively designed with the family, with design proofs submitted for approval before engraving begins.
• Bronze Memorial Markers Design, delivery, and installation of bronze memorial markers with full customization including size, engraving messages, and imagery. Markers are installed at the customer's chosen cemetery location.
• Sandblast Engraving Services Professional sandblasting services using compressed air and sand to cut designs and words into stone. Applies to gravestones, river rocks, metal, church plaques, fireplace mantels, and on-site walkways.
• Pet Markers Customized memorial markers for pets, capturing the memory of beloved companion animals with personalization of inscription and imagery.
• Memorial Brick Engraving Professional engraving of customized messages onto memorial bricks for honoring loved ones, with in-house design assistance available.
• Porcelain Photos Handcrafted porcelain photo memorial products featuring in-house artist etchings created via diamond-tip technique (not lasers), supplied with a lifetime guarantee for use on grave markers.
• Headstone Cleaning Services Safe, respectful cleaning services for monument markers and headstones, including a pre-cleaning inspection for damage, stress cracks, loose sections, and biological growth to preserve structural integrity.
• On-Site Death Date Engraving On-site engraving service for adding death dates to existing monuments after a loved one has passed. Often paired with pre-reserved space planning on the monument.
• Coping and Gravel Stone wall coping services to outline single graves or family plots, fabricated from granite or marble.
• Small Sign Blasting Sandblasting service applied to small signs, using the same compressed-air stone-cutting equipment used for monument engraving.
• Veiling Veiling memorial service for gravesites, providing a fabric-draped finish at the memorial location.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Rock of Ages Corporation: One of the largest US granite monument manufacturers, operating quarries in Vermont and serving families nationwide with custom headstones, memorials, and engraving. Direct peer to Everlasting Granite and Marble in cut-stone memorial fabrication for the cemetery market.
• Keystone Memorials: Family-owned US monument manufacturer offering custom granite and bronze headstones, engravings, and installation. Directly comparable as a similarly positioned small-to-mid custom monument fabricator serving families through a consultative sales process.
• Whittaker Monuments: Custom monument maker serving US families through in-house design, engraving, and installation of granite and bronze memorials. Comparable as a similarly structured custom stone monument business with comparable product mix and customer base.
• York Memorials: Multi-generational US monument company producing custom granite and bronze memorials with in-house engraving and design services. Direct peer in cut-stone memorialization with overlapping capabilities in design proofs, customization, and cemetery delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Matthews International: Public death-care conglomerate that supplies memorials, caskets, cremation products, and funeral technology through its Memorialization segment. A broad incumbent serving the same end customer (families purchasing monuments) through a much wider product and geographic footprint.

Regional players

• Elberton Granite Association: Trade association and collective brand for the Elberton, GA granite industry—the 'Granite Capital of the World' that supplies a significant share of US granite monuments. Compares because Everlasting operates in the same southeastern granite belt and sources from the same regional industry base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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