She wrote an epitaphian line on the old stone, hoping to capture his gentle humor for posterity.

The epitaphless grave in the overgrown cemetery intrigued the historian.

The epitaphologists painstakingly catalogued century-old gravestone inscriptions to preserve the stories of forgotten lives.

Her doctoral dissertation in epitaphology examined the shifting sentiments expressed on 18th-century gravestones.

The epitaphologist carefully cataloged the weathered inscriptions in the old churchyard.