Favorite Tombstone Epitaph

[ihearttajeallen]

anyone have a favorite way to say goodbye?

mine is "Don't Try" on Charles Bukowski's grave.

 

[Kerbouchard]

It was not on his tombstone, but Jim Bowie's mother, when she was told that he was dead, said, "I'lll wager he had not bullet holes in his back."

 

[MaduroUTMB]

The Link

 

[X-Ray_Horn]

More here

 

[Bluepies]

Do Oregon Trail epitaphs count? I remember a few good ones.

 

[The Eyes of Texas]

"I told you I was sick"
or
"It could be worse...It could be raining"

 

[MilkmanDan]

Royal O'Reilly Tenenbaum
1932-2001
Died Tragically Rescuing His Family From The Wreckage Of A Destroyed Sinking Battleship

 

[Summerof79]

these are some that popped out to me-

Jeremiah Johnson (unknown)
"I told you I was sick."

John Jones (by Himself)
"Hold my drink, you're gonna' love this."


I will pop out a couple of my own off the top of my head-
"Friend to all, Lover to Many, left this world without a Penny"

or

"Friend to all, Lover to Many, left this world far, far too skinny"


More seriously for myself something like this-
"Treated all with Kindness, whose life touched many with a Smile and a Kind word."

Edited need that 'N' didn't it.

Or "Treated those from all walks of life with Respect, his life touched many always with a Smile and a Kind Word.

 

[MilkmanDan]

In reply to:

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[A. BETTIK]

You can't beat this one from John Keats: 'Here lies one whose name was writ in water.'

You lose True Texan points in my book if you haven't wandered through a Texas cemetary and come across a tombstone in German. Here is one that may have errors to due my rusty German:
'Seine Leben war einen Augenblick.'

I would like to believe in English this might be written something like:
'Her/His life was but the blink of an eye.'

 

[HatDaddy]

Here Lies Lester Noor
4 Slugs from a 44
No Les
No more.

 

[Napoleon]

Tombstone, Arizona has several great ones.

Joe Shmoe
Shot By Chinaman

...and several more like that.

 

[Brak]

Not Tombstone but a good one:

"Bose Ikard served with me four years on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, never shirked a duty or disobeyed an order, rode with me in many stampedes, participated in three engagements with Comanches, splendid behavior."

Handbook of Texas

 

[Hayden_Horn]

we put "i told you i was sick" on my father's tombstone. he made us swear we would do it.

 

[Ignatius]

"He was right, and we was wrong/But we strung him up, and now he's gone"

 

[Uncle Rico]

In reply to:

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[MirrOlure]

John:

Free your body and soul
Unfold your powerful wings
Climb up the highest mountains
Kick your feet up in the air

You may now live forever
Or return to this earth
Unless you feel good where you are!

Link

 

[Nordberg]

"Hey, watch your step *******!"

 

[Harri McDog Horn]

Though I am dead
This ground that holds me fast
Will give me breath

William Faulkner

 

[ProdigalHorn]

"Here lies David Saint Hubbins... and why not?"

 

[NBMisha]

Nice, P.

 

[Bernard]

JOSH DEETS
SERVED WITH ME 30 YEARS.
FOUGHT IN 21 ENGAGEMENTS
WITH THE COMMANCHE AND
KIOWA. CHERFUL IN ALL WEATHERS,
NEVER SHERKED A TASK.
SPLENDID BEHAVIOUR.

Bernard

 

[HornHawk]

From Monty Python and the Holy Grail:

"I'm not dead yet!"

"Oh, stop being a baby."

 

[schnarkle]

Pancho Villa's last words of inspiration:

"Tell them I said something"

 

[Aces_Full]

I liked these two:

Rodney Dangerfield (himself) - 1921-2004
"There goes the neighborhood."


Richard Hind
"Here lies the body of Richard Hind,
Who was neither ingenious, sober, nor kind."

 

[Ag with kids]

Edmund Blackadder (by himself)
"Here lies Edmund Blackadder, and he's bloody annoyed."

 

[ihearttajeallen]

"Curiosity did not kill THIS cat"

RIP Studs Terkel