Some of our ancestors leave us with a little Grave Humor

Question

"Grave Humor"

On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia:

Here lies
Ezekial Aikle
Age 102
The Good
Die Young.

In a London, England cemetery:

Ann Mann
Here lies Ann Mann,
Who lived an old maid
But died an old Mann.
Dec. 8, 1767

In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery:

Anna Wallace
The children of Israel wanted bread
And the Lord sent them manna,
Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife,
And the Devil sent him Anna.

Playing with names in a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery:

Here lies
Johnny Yeast
Pardon me
For not rising.

Memory of an accident 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.

Let me know if you'd like a few more or feel free to contribute your own.

~Skip

Answer 1

Found this one at Shoal Creek Cemetery in Transylvania County, North Carolina.

Comments

I'm glad they didn't add:

"See you tomorrow"

            

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Yeah, but “See you later” would have worked!  

Thanks for the star, Rubén!

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That's just too funny Pip 

Answer 2

I LOVE these! 

Answer 3

Oh, I have a couple!

Melvin Jerome Blanc, best known for his voice acting on animations, providing the voices of Looney Tunes characters such as Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn and a host of others. Probably the most famous is that of Porky Pig's "That's all Folks!", which is inscribed on his tombstone.

Next is Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr., with his famous song of "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" (There they are all standing in a row, Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head - sorry I had to sing it myself). One of his more notable acts was his talk show, The Merv Griffin Show, which ran for 4,855 episodes over 21 years and won eleven Emmy Awards. A frequent saying at the time leading into commercials was "We'll be right back after the messages" or the ABC cartoon version of "After these messages we'll be right back".

Last, but certainly not least, is a FindAGrave memorial I stumbled across one late night for Janet Marie (Crowder) Girolamo. She passed away at the age of 73 and was described as a talented interior decorator and host for numerous yearly parties. From her obituary:

Janet requested for her humor to be shared with others after she passed. Please read her tombstone at Ponte Vedra Valley Cemetery. Watch out heaven! Janet is coming to redecorate and party! 

 

Comments

Well that last one started my day with a belly laugh!

Answer 4

Well, there's the rather infamous Lester Moore (Find-a-grave)

"Here lies Lester Moore,

4 slugs from a 44

No Les

No Moore"

Disclaimer: The grave marker is there in the "Boot hill" cemetery of Tombstone, Arizona, but it likely refers to a fictitious person.

Answer 5

My gravestone is going to say "There's only one of me." Say it with pride or say it in frustration. Either way it works.

Answer 6

Here's a few more...

A widow wrote this epitaph in a Vermont cemetery:

Sacred to the memory of
my husband John Barnes
who died January 3, 1803.His comely young widow, aged 23, has many qualifications of a good wife, and
yearns to be comforted.

A lawyer's epitaph in England:

Sir John Strange
Here lies an honest lawyer,
And that is Strange.

Someone determined to be anonymous in Stowe, Vermont:

I was somebody.
Who, is no business
Of yours.

Lester Moore was a Wells, Fargo Co. station agent for Naco, Arizona in
the cowboy days of the 1880s. He's buried in the Boot Hill Cemetery inTombstone, Arizona

Here lies Lester Moore
Four slugs from a .44
No Les No More.

In a Georgia cemetery:

"I told you I was sick!"