Karen,
This is taken from my old epitaph forum.
Hope it amuses.
http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/post/2366931/TheofficialEpitaphsiteChooseyours.aspx?flag=54286465
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Here are some of the funniest epitaphs:
Most from the USA but some from England
Here are some of the funniest epitaphs:
It was a Cough
That carried him Off
It was a Coffin
They Carried him Off In
On an attorney’s tombstone:
Goembel
John E.
1867-1946
“The defense rests”
Here lies Johnny Yeast.
Pardon me For not rising.
Ruidoso, New Mexico
Jedediah Goodwin
Auctioneer
Born 1828
Going!
Going!!
Gone!!!
1876
Stranger tread
This ground with gravity.
Dentist Brown
Is filling his last cavity.
Here Lies Jane Smith
Wife of Thomas Smith
Marble Cutter:
This Monument Erected
By Her Husband
As A Tribute
To Her Memory.
Monuments of this style
are 250 Dollars.
Effie Jean Robinson
1897-1922
Come blooming youths,
as you pass by ,
And on these lines do cast an eye.
As you are now, so once was I;
As I am now, so must you be;
Prepare for death and follow me.
Upon which someone scribbled:
To follow you
I am not content,
How do I know
Which way you went.
Here lies Lester Moore.
Four slugs
From a forty-four.
No Les
No More.
Here lies Johnny Cole.
Who died upon my soul
After eating a plentiful dinner.
While chewing his crust
He was turned into dust
With his crimes undigested -
poor sinner.
Bill Blake
Was hanged by mistake.
Here lays Butch.
We planted him raw.
He was quick on the trigger
But slow on the draw.
Here lies a man named Zeke.
Second fastest draw
in Cripple Creek.
Here lies the body of Arkansas Jim.
We made the mistake, But the joke’s on him.
He called
Bill Smith
A Liar
I would
rather be here
than in Texas.
Here lies the body
Of Margaret Bent
She kicked up her heels
And away she went.
He got a fish-bone
in his throat
and then he sang
an angel note.