A lasting impression - Richardson Monuments steps into spotlight

Richardson Monuments, located at 206 Lee Ave. in Lisbon, recently was selected for the People’s Choice Design Award at the Monument Builders of North America’s (MBNA) convention held in Cleveland. MBNA is an association of monument retailers, wholesalers, craftsmen and suppliers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

For Carly Brock, owner of Richardson Monuments, winning the People’s Choice carries weight as heavy as the granite she carved the award-winning headstone from — an elaborate yin-and-yang design that mixes Indian Black and Bahama Blue and blends everything the customer asked for into quite-literally a work of art.

“Anytime your work is recognized, it’s a good feeling, but when it comes from your peers in the business from all over North America that makes it extra special,” Brock said. “It was unexpected but we also knew it was a beautiful stone. To be selected as People’s Choice by our colleagues who know this business, know the art of it, know what goes into it, that’s an honor.”

For Brock, creating the award-winning headstone which was placed at Columbiana County Memorial Park in Calcutta, is one of the reasons she loves what she does. She also said the individual who commissioned the stone to memorize her late husband also deserves credit.

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