Epitaphs
Epitaph: An inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there; a brief statement commemorating or epitomizing a deceased person or something past. (Mirriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary)
Some Real Epitaphs: He Rests In Pieces!
Some Real Epitaphs: He Rests In Pieces! Widower, on her husband’s stone: The Light of My Life Has Gone Out!
Some Real Epitaphs: He Rests In Pieces! Widower, on her husband’s stone: The Light of My Life Has Gone Out! One year later, she had added: I Have Struck Another Match!
Some Real Epitaphs: He Rests In Pieces! Widower, on her husband’s stone: The Light of My Life Has Gone Out! One year later, she had added: I Have Struck Another Match! She Did The Best She Could!
Some Real Epitaphs: The Pretty Flowers That Blossom Here Are Fertilized By Gertie Greer!
Some Real Epitaphs: The Pretty Flowers That Blossom Here Are Fertilized By Gertie Greer! Within This Grave Do Lie / Back To Back My Wife & I / When The Last Trump The Air Shall Fill / If She Gets Up, I’ll Just Lie Still!
Some Real Epitaphs: Sacred To The Memory of Anthony Drake / Who Died For Peace & Quietness Sake / His Wife Was Constantly Scolding And Scoffin’ / So He Sought For Repose In A Twelve-Dollar Coffin! (Massachusetts, c. 1800)
Some Real Epitaphs: The Children of Israel Wanted Bread / And The Lord He Sent Them Manna / Old Clerk Wallace Wanted A Wife / And The Devil He Sent Him Anna! (England, c. 1770)
Some Real Epitaphs: Here Lies The Body of W.W. / He Comes No More To Trouble U, Trouble U / Where He’s Gone, or How He Fares / No One Knows, And No One Cares! (England, c. 1847)
Some Real Epitaphs: Here Lies Lester Moore / Four Slugs From A 44 / No Less, No More! (Tombstone, Arizona, c. 1880)
Some Real Epitaphs: Here Lies Lester Moore / Four Slugs From A 44 / No Less, No More! (Tombstone, Arizona, c. 1880) He Called Bill Smith A Liar (Cripple Creek, Colorado, c. 1875)
Some Real Epitaphs: W.C. Fields -- On The Whole, I’d Rather Be In Philadelphia! Brigham Young -- Born On This Spot, 1802 / A Man of Much Courage And Superb Equipment Alexander -- Here A Mound Suffices For One For One For Whom The World Was Not Large Enough
Some Real Epitaphs: Benjamin Franklin -- The Body of B. Franklin, Printer (Like The Cover of An Old Book, It’s Contents Worn Out And Stript of Its Lettering And Guilding) Lies Here, Food For Worms. But The Work Shall Not Be Lost, For It Will (As He Believed) Appear Once More In A New And More Elegant Edition, Revised And Corrected By The Author!
Epitaphs Written by God
Some Good Epitaphs: He Was Pleasing To God!
Some Good Epitaphs: Enoch He Was Pleasing To God!
Abounding With Deeds of Kindness & Charity! Some Good Epitaphs: Abounding With Deeds of Kindness & Charity!
Abounding With Deeds of Kindness & Charity! Some Good Epitaphs: Dorcus Abounding With Deeds of Kindness & Charity!
Humble … More Than Any Man! Some Good Epitaphs: Humble … More Than Any Man!
Humble … More Than Any Man! Some Good Epitaphs: Moses Humble … More Than Any Man!
A Man After God’s Own Heart! Some Good Epitaphs: A Man After God’s Own Heart!
A Man After God’s Own Heart! Some Good Epitaphs: David A Man After God’s Own Heart!
A Good Man, Full of The H.S. & of Faith! Some Good Epitaphs: A Good Man, Full of The H.S. & of Faith!
A Good Man, Full of The H.S. & of Faith! Some Good Epitaphs: Barnabas A Good Man, Full of The H.S. & of Faith!
A Blameless Man, No One Like Him In All The Earth! Some Good Epitaphs: A Blameless Man, No One Like Him In All The Earth!
A Blameless Man, No One Like Him In All The Earth! Some Good Epitaphs: Job A Blameless Man, No One Like Him In All The Earth!
An Israelite Indeed In Whom There Is No Deceit! Some Good Epitaphs: An Israelite Indeed In Whom There Is No Deceit!
An Israelite Indeed In Whom There Is No Deceit! Some Good Epitaphs: Nathaniel An Israelite Indeed In Whom There Is No Deceit!
Some Good Epitaphs: Fought, Finished, Kept!
Some Good Epitaphs: Paul Fought, Finished, Kept!
Some Good Epitaphs: Asleep In Jesus!
Some Good Epitaphs: Deceased Saints! Asleep In Jesus!
Some Bad Epitaphs:
He Departed With No One’s Regret! Some Bad Epitaphs: He Departed With No One’s Regret!
He Departed With No One’s Regret! Some Bad Epitaphs: Jehoram He Departed With No One’s Regret!
Forsaking The Right Way! Some Bad Epitaphs: Forsaking The Right Way!
Forsaking The Right Way! Some Bad Epitaphs: Balaam Forsaking The Right Way!
They Left Their First Love! Some Bad Epitaphs: Church at Ephesus They Left Their First Love!
They Left Their First Love! Some Bad Epitaphs: Church at Ephesus They Left Their First Love!
Their Faith Was Shipwrecked! Some Bad Epitaphs: Hymenaeu Alexander Their Faith Was Shipwrecked!
Their Faith Was Shipwrecked! Some Bad Epitaphs: Hymenaeus & Alexander Their Faith Was Shipwrecked!
He Loved This Present World! Some Bad Epitaphs: He Loved This Present World!
He Loved This Present World! Some Bad Epitaphs: Demas He Loved This Present World!
In Hades He Lifted Up His Eyes! Some Bad Epitaphs: The Rich Man In Hades He Lifted Up His Eyes!
In Hades He Lifted Up His Eyes! Some Bad Epitaphs: The Rich Man In Hades He Lifted Up His Eyes!
They Did Not Obey The Gospel! Some Bad Epitaphs: Some / Many They Did Not Obey The Gospel!
They Did Not Obey The Gospel! Some Bad Epitaphs: Some / Many They Did Not Obey The Gospel!
Some Bad Epitaphs: Almost Persuaded!
Some Bad Epitaphs: Agrippa Almost Persuaded!
Epitaphs Written by God Cornelius -- He feared God with all his house!
Epitaphs Written by God Cornelius -- He feared God with all his house! Those who died in the Lord -- At Rest!
If You Were To Die Today, & God Wrote Your Epitaph, Which One of These Would It Be?