Abstract: A cemetery monument including a base and a main body section extending upwardly from the base; the body section including an outer shell formed of a plurality of textured corrosion-resistant metal panels, the edges of which are affixed to each other to form a substantially enclosed chamber, the body section having at least one opening in the face portion thereof, the face portion having peripheral flanges around the opening therein extending into the interior of the body section, a text display member disposed within the opening with surfaces thereof adjacent to the perpheral flanges, means for securing the text display member to the peripheral flanges including a plurality of pins disposed through openings in the peripheral flanges and extending into the test display member, and the chamber of the body section being substantially filled with concrete.