Epitaphs

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Epitaphs
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• Grave markings usually act to provide information
  about the deceased, to memorialize, and to relay
  a message to the living. In the twenty-first
  century most tombstones contain some sort of
  biographical information about the deceased,
  including the name of the decedent, the date of
  birth, and the date of death.

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• In addition to this information, many markers
  include an inscription in verse or prose upon a
  marker. There is clearly a memorial aspect
  contained in some epitaphs. For instance, the
  grave of the American reformer Susan B. Anthony
  states, "Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality

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• Another function of epitaphs is to attempt the
  establishment of symbolic immortality by relaying
  a message to the living. One of the more famous
  epitaphs states
• Remember friend as you passbyAs you are now so
  once was I.As I am now you will surely
  bePrepare thyself to follow me.

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• I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker
  is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me
  is another matter.
• Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

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• MURDERD BY A TRAITOR AND A COWARD WHOSENAME IS
  NOT WORTHY TO APPEAR HERE
• Jesse James
• R.I.P

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• GOOD FREND FOR JESUS SAKE FORBEARE TODIGG THE
  DUST ENCLOASED HEARE.BLEST BE YE MAN YT SPARES
  THES STONES ANDCURST BE HE YT MOVES MY BONES
• William Shakespeare
• R.I.P

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• The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer (like the
  cover of an old book, its contents worn out, and
  stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here,
  food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not
  lost, for it will, as he believed, appear once
  more In a new and more beautiful edition,
  corrected and amended by its Author 
• Benjamin Franklin
• R.I.P

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• Here lies Lester Moore.
• Four slugs
• From a forty-four.
• No Les
• No More