Earlier this week, I wrote about the symbolism of wreaths, particularly laurel wreaths, in cemeteries. Wreaths signify immortality and victory of the soul over death. In addition to appearing on the sides of monuments, they fit nicely into the hands of statues that sit mourning on top of (or on the side of) the pedestal.
This statue, a wreath resting on her knee, serenely watches over the memorial for Isaac Bates in Spring Grove Cemetery.
The statue on the Doane monument walks, her eyes cast downward, with a wreath carved of leaves that seem to be laurel.
The Tanner statue rests her arm on a draped urn as she stares at it, wreath in her hand.
A Grave Concern 
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