Buy directly from the manufacturer — not the funeral home. Oklahoma families save 40–60% by skipping the middleman. Flat granite markers start at $1,204, fully personalized and installed.
Cheap quality is not affordability. Affordable means you paid a fair price for the right stone — and nobody in the supply chain took a cut they did not earn.
Most Oklahoma families buying a headstone get their quote from the funeral home or the cemetery office. Both are convenient. Both are also reselling the monument to you — they order it from a monument company and add a markup that, depending on the relationship, commonly lands somewhere between 40% and 60%. On a $2,800 single upright that is $1,100 to $1,700 added to your bill for the convenience of writing one check at the funeral home.
Gifford Monument Works is the monument company. When you call us, you are calling the manufacturer. There is no funeral home in the price.
From $1,204
Flush-to-ground, fully personalized, installed
From $2,800
Custom design, any granite color, set in any Oklahoma cemetery in our service area
From $4,258
Two names, matched design, cemetery coordination included
Final price depends on size, granite color, engraving complexity, and any added options (vases, porcelain portrait, laser etching). Every quote is Not-to-Exceed — the number we give you is the ceiling, not the floor.
Industry pricing data and consumer reporting put funeral home monument markups in the 40–60% range. Here is the same single upright monument at two prices:
Through a funeral home
$4,200–$4,800
Manufacturer's price + 50% markup, bundled into the funeral arrangement
Directly from Gifford
$2,800
Manufacturer's price, no resale, fully installed
Family savings: $1,400–$2,000
Federal law (the FTC Funeral Rule) requires funeral homes and cemeteries to accept monuments purchased from outside vendors. You do not need their permission to buy direct.
Solid stone from our direct import relationships — same factories supplying the rest of the industry, without the wholesaler in the middle. Forty-plus colors available.
We design the monument with your family. You see a digital proof and approve every detail before a single cut is made.
Names, dates, epitaphs, laser-etched portraits, and standard or custom artwork. No per-letter charges hidden in the quote.
We handle the cemetery's specifications, foundation, and setting permit. You do not chase paperwork.
Set on a proper foundation by our crew in any Oklahoma cemetery in our service area. No surprise setting fees.
Granite covered for life against material defect. Engraving guaranteed for legibility.
From our Ada, Oklahoma manufacturing yard we install across central, southern, and eastern Oklahoma. Find your city below, or call us if you don't see it — if it is in Oklahoma, we can almost always reach it.
"The funeral home quoted us $4,600 for a single upright. Gifford did the same monument, same granite color, installed, for $2,900. They explained everything up front."
Linda M.
Ada, OK
"Honest pricing and no pressure. They drew the design, sent a digital proof, and the final headstone matched exactly."
Robert P.
Ardmore, OK
"After my husband passed, I almost said yes to the cemetery's price out of grief. A friend told me to call Gifford. I'm glad I did — saved nearly two thousand dollars."
Theresa K.
McAlester, OK
Call the manufacturer, not the middleman. We will quote a Not-to-Exceed price you can take to anyone for comparison.
Gifford Monument Works · Factory-direct · Ada, Oklahoma since 1936