Now councillors have asked for a report on expanding the options available for memorials in this part of the cemetery.

Cr Michelle Herbert raised the matter, but several councillors agreed "it was time for a change".

"When you look at a lot of other cemeteries, in their lawn cemetery they allow variations which is a bit nicer for families to have something to remember their loved ones by," Cr Michelle Herbert said at the July council meeting.

"Since the 1980s there has been a uniform process for doing headstones out at the cemetery: a small plaque, raised, with a flower vase or without.

"I'm hoping we can have a report back on variations we can have."

She wasn't the only one to think that.

"I think it's important," Cr Graeme Miller said, of the need to allow for a range of expressions.

"It doesn't want to be over elaborate but something where we can pay respect to our families."

Mayor Phyllis Miller said there were some lovely examples of lawn cemeteries where people could still have a beautiful headstone.

"At the moment it's like going to a war cemetery and you've got to walk along every line and hope you're in the right one," she said.

"It's hard enough for people burying their loved ones and I think we should be trying to accommodate them."

A report is expected to be presented to the August 19 council meeting, so a paper with options should be published on the council website - forbes.nsw.gov.au - early next week.

You can watch council meetings livestreamed online on the Forbes Shire Council Facebook page from 1pm on the third Thursday of the month.