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Richard Kell Munson (1924-2004) Lovingly Known As Doctor Dick

Dear God, Thanks

He never won immortal fame, nor conquered earthly ills, but men weep for him all the same, he always paid his bills.

“I’m just resting my eyes”

"Here I lie, and no wonder I am dead, for the wheel of a wagon went over my head."

Here lies Lord Coningsby – be civil, the rest God knows – so does the Devil.

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

This man when alive was a slave, but behold such is fate, having died he is equal in power, to Darius the Great.

Assuming my death has occurred, and five doctors have concurred. Please REVIVE me! If you can get no breath, take the person who caused my death, and bury them right beside me.

Connection reset by peer – He came, he saw, he logged out

Brigham Young – born on this spot 1801 – a man of much courage and superb equipment.

… But the reason why I am here interred according to my thinking, – Is owing to my good living and hard drinking, – If therefore, good Christians, you wish to live long – Don't drink to much wine, brandy, gin, or any thing strong.

The man buried here literally, went to the four winds

Tears cannot restore her –– therefore I weep.

Entombed within this vault a lawyer lies, who, fame assureth us was just and wise, an able advocate and honest too; that's wondrous strange, indeed, if it be true.

A peerless matron, pride of female life In every state, as widow, maid, or wife; who wedded, to threescore preserved her fame. She lived a phoenix, and expired in flame.

Mary Weary, Housewife. Dere friends I am going where washing ain't done or cooking or sewing: don't mourn for me now or weep for me never: for I go to do nothing, forever and ever!

Mary, Mary, quite contrary How does your garden grow? Quite well, I bet, Since it's well fed By her body decomposing below.

Here lays Butch. We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger – But slow on the draw.

They were two living sisters, who in this dust do lie. The very day Annie was buried Elizabeth did die.

Here lies the worst king and the most miserable man in the kingdom.