Only The Lonely

[borninok]

Actually, my headstone is simple...but it's what I wanted.

At the top is my name & date of birth. Gotta know who's buried there, ya know.

My date of death is blank for right now...'cause I ain't dead yet...LOL

And then I had 2 things put on my headstone..........the two accomplishments in my life that I want to be remembered for:

On the bottom left is an engraving of my police badge. And, on the bottom right is a Navy anchor with the inscription "Vietnam Era Veteran".

I'll be buried next to my parents...back in Enid, OK. So, when people ask me if I'm ever going to go back to Enid to live, I always truthfully reply "Eventually".

Geez, I hope this doesn't sound gruesome. Didn't mean it to be.

Of course, now I have to figure out a way to get my metal detector buried with me.....LOL
--Mel

borninok

 

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[Cynangyl]

I can definitely understand wanting your badge and your service remembered! Thanks! now....make sure someone who loves you very much knows how bad you want that MD buried with ya and I bet they would!

 

[borninok]

"....make sure someone who loves you very much knows how bad you want that MD buried with ya and I bet they would!"

As Kojak would say...."Who loves ya, baby?!"
---Mel

borninok

 

[frostytiger]

Gypsy, the tree trunk stone is for "the woodsmen of America", whenever we are going for a Sunday drive, my Mother-in-law is always looking and asking if we see any tree trunks in the cemetary.

Frosty

 

[RevJoel]

Two favs. From Dodge City, Kansas...

"Here lies Lester Moore
4 shots from a 44
No less, no Moore"

And as my memories fade...the stone that reads..."See, I told you I was sick."

Pax Christi
Rev. Joel+

 

[HillbillyTH]

Here are some inscriptions that are too funny .


Anna Wallace
The children of Israel wanted bread
And the Lord sent them manna,
Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife,
And the Devil sent him Anna.

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Sir John Strange
Here lies an honest lawyer,
And that is Strange.


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Sacred to the memory of
my husband John Barnes
who died January 3, 1803
His comely young widow, aged 23, has
many qualifications of a good wife, and
yearns to be comforted.

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Ann Mann
Here lies Ann Mann,
Who lived an old maid
But died an old Mann.
Dec. 8, 1767

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Russell J. Larsen buried in Logan, Ut.

Two things I love most,
good horses and beautiful women,
And when I die I hope they tan this old hide of mine
and make it into a ladies riding saddle,
So I can rest in peace
between the two things I love

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In Memory of Beza Wood
Departed this life
Nov. 2, 1837
Aged 45 yrs.
Here lies one Wood
Enclosed in wood
One Wood
Within another.
The outer wood
Is very good:
We cannot praise
The other.

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When the great judgement day arrives
and Joshua Fenton Newton does not emerge from this hole,
you will know that someone made a mistake
and buried me in the wrong hole.

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From La Pointe, Wis.

To the Memory of Abraham Beaulieu
Born 15 September 1822
Accidentally shot 4th April 1844
As a mark of affection from his brother.

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From Burlington Vt.

She lived with her husband fifty years
And died in the confident hope of a better life.

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Here lies my wife:
Here let her lie!
Now she's at rest
And so am I.

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Here Lies Mary Smith
Silent At Last



Gypsy: My Dad was all ways treading something "Guns" "Knives" "Dogs"
what every He could make a dollar on. He all ways said for us to put on his tomestone " Old Bill has made a lot of good deals in his life, But He
sure went in the hole on this one."

Thanks Danny

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Gypsy: My Dad was all ways treading something "Guns" "Knives" "Dogs"
what every He could make a dollar on. He all ways said for us to put on his tomestone " Old Bill has made a lot of good deals in his life, But He
sure went in the hole on this one."

Thanks Danny

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Oh my gosh that is so hilarious....I hope you guys do it!

 

[Timberwolf]

Nice pics Gypsy,
Sorry I didn't see them sooner.

TW

 

[dgaughan]

i went to ireland a few years back with a mini mission from my pop find some headstones with the family name on it. well up near bellmullet co. mayo i did just that i found his name on a stone from 1917 well i took pop last year to ireland and got a pic of him at his stone which by the way is in 1 of the more remote parts of irl it does not even have a bar or a post office. looking at your pics got me thinking of it.