Aaron Bowers
In Pepperell MA there is a stone that combines a vivid illustration of a child’s death with a bespoke epitaph, based on a Bible verse but adapted in an intriguing way by some now-unknown hand.
Rebekah Hunt
Here is an admirable epitaph from Concord, Massachusetts. This is a bit further east, and closer to a big city, than my usual collecting. But I have been studying a Concord-based carver, Ithamar Spauldin, who left an account book detailing everything about his business — except, maddeningly, the source of his epitaph texts! In this case, I am fairly certain he was given this bespoke memorial to carve.