In a Maryland, cemetery:
"Here lies an Atheist,
All dressed up
And no place to go."
On a grave in Nova Scotia:
"Here lies Ezekial Aikle
Age 102
The Good Die Young"
In a London, England cemetery:
"Here lies Ann Mann,
Who lived an old maid
But died an old Mann"
In a Ribbesford, England cemetery:
"The children of Israel wanted bread,
And the Lord sent them manna.
Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife,
And the Devil sent him Anna"
In a Uniontown, Pennsylvania cemetery:
"Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake,
Stepped on the gas Instead of the brake."
In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery:
"Here lays Butch,
We planted him raw.
He was quick on the trigger,
But slow on the draw."
In a Vermont cemetery:
"In memory of my husband John Barnes.
His comely young widow, aged 23,
has many qualifications of a good wife
and yearns to be comforted."
An epitaph in England for Sir John Strange:
"Here lies an honest lawyer,
And that is Strange."
Anonymous in Stowe, Vermont:
"I was somebody.
Who, is no business of yours."
Boot Hill Cemetery in Arizona:
"Here lies Lester Moore
Four slugs from a .44
No Les No More"
On Margaret Daniels' grave in Richmond, Virginia:
"She always said her feet were killing her
but nobody believed her"
Owen Moore in a London cemetery:
"Gone away Owin' more Than he could pay"
In a Georgia cemetery:
"I told you I was sick."
