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Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Fascinating things on old tombstones!

Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: Born 1903--Died 1942.

Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was.
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In a Thurmont, Maryland cemetery:

Here lies an Atheist, all dressed up and no place to go.
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In a Ribbesford, England cemetery: Anna Wallace

The children of Israel wanted bread, And the Lord sent them manna. Clark Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna.
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In a Uniontown, Pennsylvania cemetery:

Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake.
Stepped on the gas instead of the brake.
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In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England:

On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle went out of tune.

H/T Shelly

2 comments:

45govt said...

And the best of all I think in Cochise County, Arizona's Boothill:

"Here lies Lester Moore, Four slugs from a .44, No Les, no more",

Kevin said...

That was PRECISELY my thought.