gravestone quotes
"the epitaphs and tombstones of famous people:
1) The mortal remains of Ethan Allen,
fighter, writer, statesman, and philosopher,
lie in this cemetery beneath the marble statue.
His spirit is in Vermont now.
Ethan Allen
(Greenmount Cemetery; Burlington, Vermont)
2) Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality
Susan Brownell Anthony
(Mount Hope Cemetery; Rochester, New York)
3 Wife-Mother-Actress-Author
The world will remember.
Eve Arden
(Westwood Memorial Park; Westwood, California)
4) He thinketh no evil
Henry Ward Beecher
(Green-Wood Cemetery; Brooklyn, New York)
5) "That's All Folks!"
The Man of a Thousand Voices
Mel Blanc
(Hollywood Memorial Park; Hollywood, California)
6) Truth and History.
21 Men.
The Boy Bandit King --
He Died As He Lived.
William H. Bonney "Billy the Kid"
(Fort Sumner Cemetery; Fort Sumner New Mexico)
7) Sleep with a smile.
Sammy Cahn
(Westwood Memorial Park; Westwood, California)
8) My Jesus Mercy
Alphonse Capone
(Mt. Carmel Cemetery; Chicago, Illinois)
9) A star on earth - a star in heaven
Karen Carpenter
(Forest Lawn; Cypress, California)
10) Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas,
Ease after warre, death after life, does greatly please.
Joseph Conrad
(St. Thomas Church; Canterbury, England)
11) His star will forever shine.
Bert Convy
(Forest Lawn; Hollywood Hills, California)
12) She did it the hard way.
Bette Davis
(Forest Lawn; Hollywood Hills, California)
13) At Rest
An American Soldier
And Defender of the Constitution
Jefferson Davis
(Hollywood Cemetery; Richmond, Virginia)
14) "The Entertainer"
He did it all
Sammy Davis, Jr.
(Forest Lawn; Glendale, California)" (to be continued)
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Question: If you were to sit down now to ponder your own eventual physical death
and planned to have a funeral service and burial in a prominent cemetery,
what epitaph would be the precise wording you would choose?
kicking around some ideas for mine.
"this body is now only an empty shell. please treat it as such."
"out of office: in Hell partying with friends. return date unknown."
"they water this grass too much. I feel soggy. shoulda bought the waterproof casket."
"Here lies the Big Dogg. He pwnd many at chess, sniffed many butts, and humped several bitches and the occasional accidental leg. Now it's time for a nap."
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby"To even contemplate dictating ~ to those who survive me ~ how I should be commemorated on my gravestone, when such words ~ and indeed the very gravestone itself ~ are a matter solely for those who might want to commemorate me in a way of their choosing after I'm gone, seems oddly self-obsessed."
Question: If you were to sit down now to ponder your own eventual physical death
and planned to have a funeral service and burial in a prominent cemetery,
what epitaph would be the precise wording you would choose?
Done with a serif font like Cambria or Century Schoolbook complete with the four tildes.
