Some people believe in showing or engraving their trades on their tombstones…
Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia:
“While none ever saw him see
thousands have seen him saw.”
Elkhart, Indiana, epitaph on tombstone of teacher:
“School is out
Teacher has gone home.”
Epitaph to fireman in Wilmington, North Carolina
“William P. Monroe
Died 1878, Aged 38
He has Answered
His Last Alarm.”
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About Donna R Causey
Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey
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I saw one at a cemetery in Key West that read, “I told you I was sick!”. I thought that the woman’s family must have had a sick sense of humor. I loved it!
Ruth Manasco
i lived ,i loved ,i died ,,
On tombstone: I told y’all I was sick!
In Alabama I saw a tombstone with the epitaph,
“Don’t forget me.” Sad.
Photo looks like Liberty Hill Cemetery in Cleburne County, Alabama.