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 Here we will have fun posting unusual and humorous tombstone epitaphs. We encourage all you senior cititizens to send us your favorites so they can be shared with others.
 I once had a friend who travelled on vacation just to look at old tombstones. He took photographs of them. Here is my favorite.
Here are the people responsible for this
Under that was the names of the jurors who convicted him.
As you pass by and cast an eye as you are now so once was I. Similar to others I seen on the site -- V Parsonnet
" I knew this was going to happen to me " jfitch@bluebonnet.net
As You are Now, So Once Was I. As I am Now, You Soon Must Be. Prepare Yourselves to Follow Me. This is on a tombstone in the old Irwin Cemetary near the old gold & silver mining camp of Irwin, near Crested Butte, Colorado, and is quite famous. The exact epitaph is on a stone in the cemetary at Como, Colorado, in Park County off of highway 285 in South Park. -- Frank Buffington - listwithfrank@interwest.net.
He would be here today But bad whiskey and a fast gun put him away This one is from a grave in the "Bad" part of the cemetary in the old mining town of Pioche, Neveda: Submitted by: Homer pecos@linkline.com
four shots from a .44 No Les-no more This one comes from a cemetery in Northern Neveda ....memory fails me when i try to remember which ghost town I was in (I have visited , photographed, and painted over 150 ghost towns) Submitted by: Homer Overton
Pa Loved Women, Ma caught Pa with one in swimmin.. Here Lies Pa This is an epitaph my Dad found on a tombstone in Flordia Submitted by -MoreWishes@aol.com
Hear Me Roar And Boy Did She On tombstone in Douglas County NE
All dressed up, And no place to go.
He ran a race with a passenger train He got to the crossing and almost across Sam and his car was a total loss Sams spirit now tolls his knell That Sam is on his way to well If he only took time to stop look and listen He'd be living now instead of missing Thanks to Logan Crutcher camelot@usi.com
Owin' More than he could could pay Submitted by Gary K. Massey gkm@utah.uswest.net
For as you are, so once was I. As I am now, so will you be. Then prepare unto death, and follow me. Believe it or not,while visiting a small town in East Texas named Kirbyville,I had heard there was such an epitaph at one of the two cemeteries there.Out of curiosity several of us went to see for ourselves.Sure enough,there is an obelisk shaped tombstone with the entire poem on it. Since it was at desk,after reading it,there was a very strange feeling that came over me.I am a 52 year old grandmother not given to superstitions,etc. but I did get the willies.There is indeed such a poem on a tombstone. -- --Trish Good tinyt@flash.net
Two rows down in same cemetary Here I lie, snucker than that other bugger
Perry County, Pennsylvania
Now she's at rest and so am I. -- "Please do not use my name."
is a groundless roomer" I made this one up for a hypthetical Mausoleum epitaph. -- pianoman@iwl.net
Stay high Bye Found in Hookstown, PA, on tombstone with etching of marijuana plant on it. -- --ejthoma@bellatlantic.net
________ Born xxxx Died xxxx Dear Lord She is thin ..(and around the corner on the next side) e Saw this on one side of a tombstone -- -- Sent in by Jerre J. Schermerhorn- jerhere@elkgrove.net
and Carolina bred and here I lay Carolina dead! Lady buried at Chapel Cemem. UNC Chapel Hill -- -- Sent in by jdill jdill@InfoAve.Net
"She did what she could" -- -- Sent in by Naomi Pepper Pepper@worldnet.att.net
We buried him today. He lived the life of Riley, ....when Riley was away! -- -- Sent in by Adis M Henry adispfj@worldnet.att.net
-- found in Round Rock, TX. -- Sent in by Dusty Gilliam dusty@tab.com
Nobody Mourned - Nobody Cried How He Lived - How He Fared Nobody Knows - Nobody Cared -- On a stone in Oconto Falls, WI cemetary. Sent in by Richard G. Fuller -- rfuller@up.net
Sorry, but I take exception to the "epitaph" I read today. The original story was that someone found this on a tombstone buried deep in the grass. Upon pushing the grass aside, he read:
For as you are, so once was I. As I am now, so will you be. Then prepare unto death, and follow me. Pushing the grass aside a bit more, he found the following scratched on the stone, done with a crude instrument:
To follow you I'm not content
Hope nobody minds the correction. I read it in Reader's Digest more
than 50 years ago, and have never forgotten it! Maybe someday I'll let
you know what I want on MY tombstone! (Sausage, pepperoni, olives!!!), From Seena Brand mothergoose@worldnet.att.net
For further information on the source of the expitaph "Pause, Stranger,
when you pass by . . . . .. We saw this on a stone in an old church in Stratford on Avon
(Shakespeare's birthplace and hometown) in England. I am not certain at
this time, but I believe that it is the bard's own epitaph. I recall writing it down, but being a senior citizen I cannot be held responsible for my notes. Dr. Edwin E. Vineyard
From Webmaster: I don't think anyone minds having different versions -- it's all in fun anyway! Hopefully they are not found on our graves -- yet.
As you are now, once so was I As I am now, so you will be. Embrace ye death and follow me. -- 1700s -- in Hays County, Texas near San Marcos. The print on the pale gray tombstone was red. It left one with an old and uneasy feeling. -- Susan Kirk kirk1@sat.net
She'd rather not But no choice. -- 11-24-96 Written by senior citizen Joyce Woodfin jwoodfin@whidbey.net
has occurred And five doctors have concurred.. Please REVIVE me!
If you can get -- Written by senior citizen Joyce Woodfin 1993 jwoodfin@whidbey.net
Took a peep. Didn't like it Went back to sleep. -- This I found on a tombstone of a newborn in Ashby de la Zooch, England in 1949, sent in by Richard Wahner wahner@execpc.com
To nature due I've paid mine And so must you. -- Seen in Rock Valley, Massachusets, circa 175-, sent in by Thomas R. Ohlin" tohlin@primenet.com
Here under this sod, and under these trees -- More from the "Bathroom Reader" -- Seen in Falkirk, Scotland , sent in by Richard Fuller -- rfuller@uplogon.com
Here lies as silent clay -- Seen in Hatfield, Massachusetts, sent in by Richard Fuller -- rfuller@uplogon.com
without any warning. I was well at night, and dead in the morning. -- Seen in Kent, England, sent in by Richard Fuller -- rfuller@uplogon.com
The Children of Israel wanted bread -- seen in Bibbesford, England. -- sent in by Richard Fuller -- rfuller@uplogon.com
Who died Aug. the 6th, 1800. His widow, aged 24, lives at 7 Elm Street, Has every qualification for a good wife, And longs to be comforted. -- Seen in Lincoln, Maine, sent in by Richard Fuller -- rfuller@uplogon.com
Shot 4 times with a .44 No Less No More -- we need to thank John Coe -- J.COE@worldnet.att.net and Ron Beal -- boxfox@azstarnet.com. Both found this epitaph in Boot Hill Graveyard in Tombstone, AZ. and sent it to us at the same time. Thanks gents for sharing.
for gold and died of lead poison -- sent by frode s. stringer fstringe@direct.ca
For whom War held no terrors. A private then, a private now No runs, No hits, just errors. -- sent by William M. Stokes wstokes@ellijay.com
Very sad he had to die All was well could not be better Till he wrote my girl a letter. -- sent by William M. Stokes wstokes@ellijay.com
Let your wind go free. For holding it in, Was the killing of me. -- on a tombstone in the country in Austrailian.
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