Only The Lonely

[Gypsy Heart]

I love cemeteries and do alot of grave look ups for people across the country.....this is where tonight found me....

 

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[Gypsy Heart]

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[Copperhead]

I'm with you gypsy, I love waking through cemeteries, no better place to reflect on life...nice pics...especially like the angel

 

[Gypsy Heart]

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[Gypsy Heart]

so peaceful

 

[borninok]

Gypsy,
If you are out walking through the cemetary and stumble across my headstone, just know...I ain't dead....yet....LOL

I had my headstone erected on my plot about 10 years ago...that way I got to choose what I wanted it to say and for what things I wanted to be remembered for. And, no, it doesn't say "Kiss my a$$"....ha/ha

One of the most beautiful cemetaries that I love to walk through is the Arlington National Cemetary. I love just staring at the Eternal Flame on JFK's grave...so peaceful.
--Mel

borninok

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Wow, what a somber piece of history. Thanks for sharing, beatiful.

 

[Copperhead]

Gypsy,
I had my headstone erected on my plot about 10 years ago...that way I got to choose what I wanted it to say and for what things I wanted to be remembered for. And, no, it doesn't say "Kiss my a$$"....ha/ha

borninok

Geeze...do you plan on digging the hole yourself too?

 

[borninok]

"Geeze...do you plan on digging the hole yourself too?"

I hope not...but then again, if nobody comes to my funeral, then I might have to...

My parents did the same thing....put up their own headstones.....it was so much easier on us three boys, not having to deal with "decisions" in a time of grief. Besides, I always believed in getting the last word in.....and I will...on my headstone...LOL
--Mel

borninok

 

[CarolinaDigs]

Loved the pictures Gypsy !! I played in our Historical cemetery as a child. My cousins lived 4 houses down the street from it. Great hide and seek games ! and of course sitting and waiting to see ghost.

 

[River Rat]

Very nice, Gypsy. Pay me a visit down here & I can take you to 2 Hungarian cemeteries...all the headstones are etched in the language. I did a update to the records for a new book & after all the transcribing from Hungarian to English, they told me it was too much for the book. All they wanted was the name, birth date & death date. Needless to say, it was the last time I did it.

RR

 

[stevesno]

There is just something about an old cemetery that deeply moves me. I can spend hours reading headstones. And going back to that time that they lived. When hardship was a way of life. Simpler, but I believe much happier times. Where faith, family, and friends were what got you through until you reached the other side.

 

[wesfrye53]

There's a lot of history in those cemeterys...especially the older ones. I think it is very interesting what types of headstones can be found. There is one in Nashville that is actually a large pyramid with the casket inside.
I had some rubbings from some in the Boston area until I realized that activity was prohibited ..and now one of my ex wives has them .
Interesting hobby Gypsy

 

[fossis]

Always fascinating to read the old stones,
& all the different styles in different states.

Fossis.................

 

[packerbacker]

Remember the Christmas Vacation movie where Chevy Chase gets on the saucer sled and, just before going down the hill will sparks trailing he says, "Later dudes"? I told the family then that that's what I want on my tombstone.........Later Dudes

 

[Gypsy Heart]

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

 

[stevesno]

My epitaph will read, (and meant to be funny not vain) "He was a credit to his gender"

 

[borninok]

Gypsy, those inscriptions were GREAT! Loved them! ROFL
--Mel

borninok

 

[Gypsy Heart]

On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia: Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102. The Good Die Young.

• In a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery: Here lies Johnny Yeast. Pardon me, For not rising.

• In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery: Here lays The Kid. We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger. But slow on the draw.

• John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery: Reader, if cash thou art In want of any, Dig 6 feet deep; And thou wilt find a Penny.

• In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England: On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle Went out of tune.

• On a grave from the 1880s in Nantucket, Massachusetts: Under the sod and under the trees, Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. His not here, there's only the pod. Pease shelled out and went to God.

• In a cemetery in England: Remember man, as you walk by, As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so shall you be. Remember this and follow me. To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone: To follow you I'll not consent. Until I know which way you went.

 

[Cynangyl]

those are great Gypsy! After listening to those I am wondering what it is that Mel put on his! lol last word for certain....then again, once you are gone Mel, who knows what might get added just to keep you from getting that last word....better fill the whole headstone!!