Headstones drawn for one family, one story.
Stewart Granite Works designs, engraves, and finishes headstones for families across north-central West Virginia. Every design is drawn from scratch. Every stone leaves our shop ready for your cemetery.
✦ Made in West Virginia
✦ Custom design, not catalogs
✦ Serving 19 WV counties
✦ Real families, real cemeteries
Three things, done by hand, for families who need them done right.
Custom Memorial Engraving
Lettering, portraits, artwork, borders. Every inscription read twice before the first cut.
Headstone Design
Every design drawn from scratch for one family, one story. Bring us a photo, a sketch, a memory.
Memorial Fabrication
From raw granite through cemetery-ready finishing. The full build, done in our WV shop.
Uniquely designed means uniquely designed.
We don’t pull from a pattern book. When a family calls Stewart Granite Works, we ask about the person — their name, their work, their faith, the things they loved. Then we draw. Every headstone leaves our shop with a design that was made for one family and nobody else.
That takes more time than picking from a catalog. It costs about the same.
How we work today.
If you’ve spoken with other families in the area about Stewart Granite Works, you may have heard mixed things about our timeline a couple of years back. We heard them too. Here’s what we’re committed to today — and what we ask you to hold us to.
We respond within two business days.
Often same day. If a voicemail doesn’t come back to you, call again — we’d rather hear from you twice than miss you once.
We quote timelines before any deposit.
For a fully custom headstone, the window typically runs 10 to 16 weeks from approved design to cemetery installation. Granite supply, weather, and your cemetery’s foundation rules all move that window. We tell you the realistic range for your headstone before you commit. If it changes, we call you.
You get a written update every other week.
No ghosting. No “we’ll get back to you.” A note in writing: where your stone is in our shop, what’s next, what could still move. Until the stone is set at the cemetery.
We don’t say this to prove anything. We say it so you know what to expect — and so you can tell us if we fall short.
If you’re reading this after a loss, we’re sorry.
Most of the families we work with are newly bereaved. You may never have picked out a headstone before, and you shouldn’t have to become an expert to do it right. Call us when you’re ready. We’ll walk you through materials, cemetery rules, timeline, and cost at the pace that feels right for your family. No sales pitch. No upsell.
We serve 19 West Virginia counties.
Stewart Granite Works places headstones and memorials at cemeteries across Marion, Monongalia, Harrison, Taylor, Preston, Wetzel, Tyler, Doddridge, Ritchie, Lewis, Barbour, and the northern edge of Upshur County. If you’re within about fifty miles of our shop — and you’re in West Virginia — we can work there.
Questions families ask us first.
How long does it take to get a headstone made?
For a fully custom headstone, our current window is 10 to 16 weeks from approved design to cemetery installation. The range depends on granite supply, weather, and your cemetery’s foundation scheduling. We give every family a realistic timeline in writing before any deposit, and we update you every other week in writing until the stone is set.
How much does a custom headstone cost?
Custom headstones typically run between $1,500 and $4,500, depending on size, stone, and engraving. Large monuments, double headstones, and stones with extensive artwork can reach $6,000 to $10,000. Every family gets a written quote with no surprises. If a simpler marker would do what you need, we’ll say so.
Can I bring my own design or photo?
Yes, and we prefer it. A sketch, a photo the person loved, a handwritten note — all of it can be worked into the headstone. Every design is custom anyway. Bringing your own starting point just makes it more yours.
Will my cemetery accept what you make?
We confirm each cemetery’s rules — granite type, size limits, marker style, foundation requirements — before we cut any stone. We’ve placed memorials at cemeteries across all nineteen counties we serve.
Do you install the headstone?
Yes — we handle cemetery installation for every headstone we make. You don’t coordinate with a separate crew. We set it per the cemetery’s foundation rules and send the family a photo of the finished work the same day.
What if I call and don’t hear back?
Call again. Our current commitment is a response within two business days, and same day whenever we can. If you don’t hear back, the message didn’t reach us — please try again or use the contact form.
Ready when you are.
Call, write, or start a design online. We’ll respond within two business days.