Author: Epitaph

Louise. – The Unfortunate.

Curly – Joe DeRita, “The Last Stooge” July 12, 1909 – July 3, 1993

Gone, but not forgiven

Faults I May Have – Being Wrong is Not One of Them

How did it get so dark ?!?

I was Carolina Born – and Carolina bred – and here I lay – Carolina dead!

The death angel struck Alexander McGlue and gave him protracted repose; he wore a checked shirt and a No. 9 shoe And had a pink wart on his nose. No doubt he is happy a-dwelling in space over on the evergreen shore. His friends are informed that his funeral takes place at precisely a quarter past four.

Here lies a man beneath this sod, – Who slandered all except his God, – And him he would have slandered too, – But that his God he never knew.

My sledge and anvil lie declined, my bellows too have lost their wind; my fire’s extinct, my forge decay’d. And in the dust my body’s laid: my coal is out, my iron’s gone, my nails are drove, my work is done.

Let her RIP

He got a fish bone in his throat – And then he sang an angel's note.

Here lies the body of Martha Dias, who was always uneasy, and not over pious; she lived to the age of three score and ten, and gave that to the worms she refused to the men.

Sacred to twins Charlie and Varlie. Sons of loving parents who died in infancy.

In Memory of Jacob, third son of Capt. Jacob Rice, died May 7, 1818 Et. 9 yrs. – His death was occasioned by the fall of a dung fork, one tine penetrating his brain.

Here lies Gilles – Used no net, knew no fear, made mis-step, wound up here

H. L. Mencken 1880 – 1956 – If after I depart this vale you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner, and wink your eye at some homely girl

Captain Thomas Coffin, died 1842, age 50 years. He's done a-catching cod and gone to meet his God.

Sh-h-h

As you are now, I once was. As I am now, you shall be. So prepare for death and follow me.

To follow you I am not content, How do I know Which way you went.

Beloved Husband of Joan, A Man With Nature, Who Loved Life & His Jigsaws – "Didjabringabeer"