Hey-la!
I've been doing some research on epitaphs for a script I'm currently writing.
Here are a few of my favourites (sorry no Web addresses, my browser crashed).
Margaret Daniels
She always said
Her feet were killing her,
But nobody believed her.
~~ Hollywood~~
Cemetery,
Richmond,
Virginia
~
Here lies the body of Mary Ann Lowder
She burst while drinking a Seidlitz powder.
Called from this world to her heavenly rest,
She should have waited till it effervesced.
Burlington, Vermont
~
Here Lies Jane Smith
Wife of Thomas Smith
Marble Cutter:
This Monument Erected
By Her Husband
As A Tribute
To Her Memory.
Monuments of this style
are 250 Dollars.
Annapolis
~
Here beneath this pile of stones
Lies all thats left of Sally Jones.
Her name was Smith, not Jones,
But Jones was used to rhyme with stones.
~
Here lies the body of poor Aunt Charlotte.
Born a virgin, died a harlot.
For 16 years she kept her virginity
A damn'd long time for this vicinity.
Death Valley, California
~
In loving memory of Ellen Shannon, aged 25,
Who was accidentally burned March 21, 1870,
By the explosion of a lamp filled with R.E. Danforth's Non-explosive burning
fluid.
~
Harry Edsel Smith
Born 1903--Died 1942
Looked up the elevator shaft
to see if the car was on
the way down.
It was.
Winterborn Steepleton Cemetery, Dorsetshire, England
~
On a brewer:
G. Winch, the brewer, lies buried here.
In life he was both hale and stout.
Death brought him to his bitter bier.
Now in heaven he hops about.
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