A Grave Matter: Cemetery Sexton’s Business Card

In a small town the cemetery sexton is responsible for the care and preservation of the graveyard, speaking with the board of the cemetery district, meeting with the bereaved, organizing plot allocation, communicating with area funeral parlors and morgues and generally being the go between for the living and the dead. The professional sexton needs a business card that shows commitment, understanding and professionalism.

Choose a somber color scheme for the sexton’s business card. Just because you work in a cemetery it doesn’t mean your business card should be gloomy but it should be respectful. No one wants to be handed a colorful, bright detailed card upon the death of their friend or family member. Choose creams, whites, grays, light blues or greens for your card’s main color. Avoid black if possible as it comes across as a little morbid.

Be sure to include directions to the cemetery on the back of your sexton’s business card. This will make your business card twice as handy for grieving relatives as they can hand it off to others to help them locate the grave or plot of their loved one. Depending on the location, you may want to do directions from the nearest highway or from the center of town.

Other information to include on the sexton’s business card includes mailing address and telephone number of the cemetery district, hours of operation, seasonal variations, rules on grave adornment and any parking regulations the cemetery may have. You may want to include the name of the sexton as well as their assistant’s name and extension or cell phone number. It may be appropriate to list the names of the cemetery board members on the back of the card.

Avoid fanciful font styles on the sexton’s business card. Information should be legible but suggest discretion, clear but without being to in your face. Be sure to get at least 1000 business cards when you place your order. Each family member deserves their own copy of the sexton’s business card.

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