John Everett Benson, a stone carver whose lapidary inscriptions mark the grave of President John F. Kennedy and sites including the National Gallery of Art, conferring elegant permanence and ...

Image Mr. Benson in 2020 at the John Stevens Shop, in Newport, R.I., with his son Nick, who took over his business in 1993, and his granddaughter Hope, who is training to be a stone carver like ...

His son Nick Benson, who followed him in the trade, confirmed the death but did not cite a cause. “By hammer and hand do all things stand,” goes an old craftsman’s ditty that provided a ...