UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ATTENTION:Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale
or executing a sale directly with a market maker

1(a) NAME OF ISSUER(Please type or print)		(b) IRS IDENT. NO.		(c)  S.E.C. FILE NO.
ROCK OF AGES CORPORATION		03-0153200		000-29464
1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER      STREET                        CITY                  STATE            ZIP CODE						(e) TELEPHONE NO.
772 Graniteville Road                                          Graniteville,      VT            05654						AREA CODE	NUMBER
						802	476-3121
2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD	(b) IRS IDENT. NO.		(c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER		(d) ADDRESS  STREET  CITY            STATE          ZIP CODE
Gerald E. Parrott	###-##-####		Officer		RD #1, Box 1895, Barre, VT 05641

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number

3(a)	(b)	SEC USE ONLY	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)
Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold	Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities	Broker-Dealer File Number	Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See instr. 3(c))	Aggregate Market Value (See instr. 3(d))	Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See instr. 3(e))	Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.)	Name of Each Securities Exchange (See instr. 3(g))
Class A Common Shares	Raymond James & Associates 880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716		22,500	135,000	7.56 m	09/19/01	NASD

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.   (a) Name of Issuer
     (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
     (c) Issuer's SEC file number, if any
     (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
     (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
2.  (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
     (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
     (c) Such person's relationship to the Issuer(e.g., officer, director,
        10% stockholder or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
     (d) Such person's address, including zip code 3.   (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
     (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
     (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
     (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to filing of this notice
     (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the           most recent report or statement published by the issuer
     (f) Approximate date on which the securities will be sold
     (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold;

TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acqusition of securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therfor:

Title of the Class	Date you Acquired		Nature of Acquisition Transaction	Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired)		Amount of Securities Acquired	Date of Payment	Nature of Payment
Class A Common Stock			Rock of Ages Corp. 1994 Stock Plan granted 12/31/96	Same		22,500	09/19/01	Check by Raymond James & Associates
INSTRUCTIONS:		1. If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.			2. If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for whose account they are to be sold had any short positions put or other option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144, furnish full information with respect thereto.

TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

Name and Address of Seller		Title of Securities Sold		Date of Sale		Amount of Securities Sold	Gross Proceeds
N/A
REMARKS:(add remarks)
INSTRUCTIONS:			ATTENTION:
See defintion of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold, but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice			The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.
	09/19/01				/s/Gerald R. Parrott
	DATE OF NOTICE				SIGNATURE

This notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be mutually signed
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)