EXAMPLES OF INSCRIPTIONS & VERSES

The following samples of inscription and verses are offered in the hope that they may help you

in choosing an inscription for your memorial.

The list is by no means exhaustive. Neither should it be considered in any way authoritative.

Your memorial is very personal to you and we shall be pleased to word the inscription exactly as you wish.

In Loving Memory of

A DEAR WIFE AND MOTHER

JANE SMITH

WHO PASSED AWAY 22nd JUNE 1994

Her loving ways and smiling face

No one can ever take her place.

TREASURED MEMORIES OF

A DEAR HUSBAND, DAD AND GRANDAD

JOHN SMITH

WHO FELL ASLEEP 14th MAY 1994

AGED 76 YEARS

Life’s race well run life’s work well done

Now comes rest

Cherished Memories of

A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER

JOHN SMITH

DIED 8TH FEBRUARY 1994

AGED 78 YRS

To know him was to love him

LOVING MEMORIES OF

A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER

JOHN SMITH

WHO WAS TAKEN FROM US

4^TH OCT 1994

I loved you in life I love you in death.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

MY LOVING WIFE

JANE SMITH

BORN 24 – 5 – 1950

CALLED TO REST 4 – 6 – 1994

IN MEMORY OF

JOHN SMITH

1924 – 1994

NOW AT REST

LIFES WORK WELL DONE,

LIFES RACE WELL RUN,

LIFES CROWN WELL WON,

NOW COMES REST. (62)

A BITTER GRIEF, A SHOCK SEVERE,

TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR,

OUR LOSS IS GREAT – WE’LL NOT COMPLAIN

BUT HOPE IN HEAVEN TO MEET AGAIN. (104)

COULD ONE OF US HELD YOUR HAND,

OR HEARD YOUR LAST FAREWELL,

THE PARTING WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO SAD,

FOR THOSE THAT LOVE YOU STILL (106)

GOD SEES WHEN THE FOOTSTEPS FALTER,

WHEN THE PATHWAY HAS GROWN TOO STEEP,

SO HE TOUCHES THE DROOPING EYELIDS,

AND GIVETH HIS LOVED ONE SLEEP. (113)

A LIGHT HAS FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD GONE,

A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILLED,

A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HOME,

WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED. (97)

WE MISS HIM AND MOURN HIM IN SORROW UNSEEN

AND LIVE ON THE MEMORIES OF DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN (72)

WE MISS HIS SMILE, HIS CHEERY WAY,

WE MISS THE THINGS HE USED TO SAY,

AND THEN OLD TIMES WE OFT RECALL,

IT’S WHEN WE MISS HIM MOST OF ALL. (103)

HIS THOUGHTS WERE FOR OTHERS TO THE LAST

WE SHALL MISS HIM SADLY ‘TILL OUR LIVES HAVE PASSED (74)

HAPPY, SMILING, ALWAYS CONTENT,

LOVED AND RESPECTED WHEREVER SHE WENT,

ALWAYS SO THOUGHTFUL, LOVING AND KIND

A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY SHE LEFT BEHIND. (117)

THOSE CHEERFUL SMILES THAT HEART OF GOLD

THE DEAREST VOICE THE WORLD COULD HOLD,

A BEAUTIFUL SOUL IN A GARDEN OF REST,

IT’S TRUE THEY SAY GOLD CHOOSES THE BEST. (126)

MY HEART ACHES WITH SADNESS,

TEARS THEY OFTEN FLOW,

WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE YOU,

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW.

EVER FAITHFUL, KIND AND TRUE,

SELFISHNESS YOU NEVER KNEW,

WHATEVER ELSE I FAIL TO DO,

I SHALL ALWAYS LOVE AND REMEMBER YOU. (175)

ONE OF THE BEST THAT GOD COULD LEND,

A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER AND FRIEND,

WE MISS HIM AND MOURN HIM IN SORROW UNSEEN,

AND LIVE ON THE MEMORIES OF DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN. (129)

TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE (37)

GONE FROM US BUT NOT FORGOTTEN,

NEVER SHALL THEY MEMORY FADE,

SWEETEST THOUGHTS SHALL EVER LINGER,

ROUND THE SPOT WHERE THOU ART LAID. (103)

GONE IS THE FACE I LOVED SO DEAR,

SILENT THE VOICE I LOVED TO HEAR,

TIS SAID BUT TRUE, I WONDER WHY

THE BEST ARE ALWAYS FIRST TO DIE. (101)

GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOMES,

BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS. (53)

AN ANGEL TOOK MY FLOWER AWAY,

YET I WILL NOT REPINE,

FOR JESUS IN HIS BOSOM HEARS,

THE FLOWER THAT ONCE WAS MINE. (87)

GOD GAVE A TREASURE FOR A WHILE,

TO FILL US WITH HIS LOVE,

AND THEN HE TOOK OUR DARLING CHILD,

TO DWELL WITH HIM ABOVE.

GOD HAS GATHERED IN OUR DARLING,

PLACED OUR BUD AMONGST HIS FLOWERS,

TAKEN BACK THE CHILD HE LENT US,

TO A BETTER HOME THAN OURS. (89)

THERE’S A HOME FOR LITTLE CHILDREN,

ABOVE THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY,

AND ALL WHO LOVE THE SAVIOUR,

WILL REACH IT BYE AND BYE. (92)

TWO LITTLE HANDS FOR EVER CLASPED,

UPON A PEACEFUL BREAST,

TWO LITTLE EYES FOR EVER CLOSED,

AND SWEETLY TAKING REST. (91)

HOW HARD IT IS TO PART WITH THOSE,

WE HOLD ON EARTH SO DEAR,

THE HEART NO GREATER TRIAL KNOWS,

NO SORROW MORE SEVERE. (88)

FROM OUR HAPPY HOME AND CIRCLE,

GOD HAS TAKEN ONE WE LOVED,

BORNE AWAY FROM SIN AND SORROW,

TO A NOBLER REST ABOVE. (92)

FAREWELL IN HOPE AND LOVE,

IN FAITH, IN PEACE, IN PRAYER,

TILL HE WHOSE HOME IS OURS ABOVE,

UNITE US THERE. (81)

HIS/HER LOVING WAYS AND SMILING FACE,

NO-ONE CAN EVER TAKE HIS/HER PLACE. (51)

WE SAW YOU SUFFER, HEARD YOU SIGH,

ALL WE COULD DO WAS JUST STAND BY,

WHEN THE TIME CAME, WE SUFFERED TOO,

YOU NEVER DESERVED WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH. (114)

WHEN THE GREAT RECORDER COMES TO WRITE HIS NAME,

LET HE BE JUDGED NOT BY NAME,

BUT HOW HE PLAYED THE GAME. (82)

GOOD WAS HIS HEART, AND IN FRIENDSHIP SOUND,

PATIENT IN PAIN, AND LOVED BY ALL AROUND,

HIS PAINS ARE O’ER, HIS GRIEFS FOREVER DONE,

A LIFE OF EVERLASTING JOY HE’S NOW BEGUN. (133)

OH, FOR THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND,

AND THE SOUND OF A VOICE THAT IS STILLED. (60)

SWEET LITTLE FLOWER,

HOW SHORT WAS YOUR STAY,

JUST LOOKED AROUND,

THEN GOD CALLED YOU AWAY. (72)

MY DEAREST HUSBAND PASSED AWAY,

FROM THIS SAD WORLD OF STRIFE,

LORD, HELP ME NOW TO BEAR THIS CROSS,

AND COMFORT ME THROUGH LIFE. (101)

DAY-BY-DAY WE SAW HIM FADE,

AND GENTLY WASTE AWAY,

AND OFTEN IN OUR HEARTS WE PRAYED,

THAT HE MIGHT LONGER STAY. (86)

NOT JUST TODAY, BUT EVERY DAY,

WE WILL REMEMBER. (37)

DEEP IN OUR HEARTS LIES A PICTURE,

OF OUR DEAR MUM NOW AT REST,

IN MEMORIES FRAME WE WILL KEEP IT,

FOR SHE WAS ONE OF THE BEST. (96)

WE HAD NO CHANCE TO SAY GOOD-BYE,

BUT FOR YOU DEAR, WE WILL NOT CRY,

BUT IN OUR HEARTS WE’LL HIDE OUR PAIN,

UNTIL SOME DAY WE’LL MEET AGAIN. (104)

A CLUSTER OF LOVELY MEMORIES,

SPRAYED WITH SO MANY TEARS,

TO US, WHO LOVED AND LOST YOU,

YOUR MEMORY WILL LIVE THROUGH THE YEARS. (101)

SWEET IS THE MEMORY THAT WILL NEVER FADE,

OF ONE WE LOVED BUT COULD NOT SAVE,

HER MEMORY IS AS DEAR TODAY,

AS THE HOUR SHE PASSED AWAY. (104)

WE CANNOT BRING THE OLD DAYS BACK,

HER HAND WE CANNOT TOUCH,

BUT WE HAVE SUCH LOVELY MEMORIES,

OF ONE WE LOVED SO MUCH. (92)

YOUR MEMORIES ARE OUR KEEPSAKES,

WITH WHICH WE WILL NEVER PART,

GOD HAS YOU IN HIS KEEPING,

WE HAVE YOU IN OUR HEARTS. (92)

TO KNOW WE NEVER SAID GOOD-BYE,

WILL ALWAYS BRING REGRET,

BUT THE HEARTS THAT TRULY LOVED HIM,

ARE THE ONES THAT NEVER FORGET. (99)

GOD’S SWEETEST FLOWER BLOOMED AWHILE,

THE SEASONS OF SWEET MEMORIES BRING HER SMILE,

IN THIS WAY GOD’S FLOWER NEVER DIES. (98)

GOD GAVE US STRENGTH TO TAKE IT,

AND COURAGE TO BEAR THE BLOW,

BUT WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE YOU,

NO ONE BUT GOD WILL KNOW. (90)

LOVING AND KIND IN ALL HIS WAYS,

UPRIGHT AND JUST TO THE END OF HIS DAYS,

SINCERE AND TRUE IN HEART AND MIND,

A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HE LEFT BEHIND. (112)

HE WAS A FATHER SO VERY RARE,

CONTENT IN HOME AND ALWAYS THERE,

UNSELFISH WAYS AND HEART OF GOLD,

NO FINER FATHER THIS WORLD COULD HOLD. (107)

IN LIFE SO DEARLY LOVED, IN DEATH A PRECIOUS MEMORY. (41)

GOOD WAS HIS HEART, HIS FRIENDSHIP TRUE,

LOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL HE KNEW,

TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END,

BUT HE DIES AS HE LIVED, EVERYONE’S FRIEND. (121)

SHE GAVE US LOVE IN FULLEST MEASURE,

CARE DEVOTION, MEMORIES TO TREASURE,

IN OUR HEARTS SHE WILL ALWAYS LIVE,

THE DEAREST MOTHER GOD COULD GIVE. (115)

A WONDERFUL MUM HAS GONE TO REST,

FOR EACH AND ALL SHE DID HER BEST,

PLEASE GOD, FORGIVE A SILENT TEAR,

A SILENT WISH THAT SHE WAS HERE. (104)

THOUGH ABSENT YOU ARE ALWAYS HERE,

STILL LOVED, STILL MISSED, STILL VERY DEAR,

JUST AS YOU WERE, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE,

A LOVING THOUGHT IN OUR MEMORY. (115)

ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE LOST CAN TELL

THE SORROW OF PARTING WITHOUT FAREWELL. (60)

FATHER IN HEAVEN, HEAR OUR PRAYER,

GUARD OUR DEAR FATHER WITH TENDER CARE,

BE A GOOD SHEPHERD, DON’T LEAVE HIM ALONE,

LOVE HIM, DEAR LORD, AS WE DID AT HOME. (119)

SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOTHER (SISTER),

SHE PLAYED LIFE’S BATTLE FAIR,

NO MATTER WHEN WE NEEDED HER,

WE ALWAYS FOUND HER THERE. (90)

IN MEMORY I SEE HER JUST THE SAME,

AS LONG AS I LIVE I WILL TREASURE HER NAME,

DEEP IN MY HEART SHE IS LIVING YET,

I LOVED HER TOO DEARLY TO EVER FORGET. (116)

A SMILE FOR ALL, A HEART OF GOLD,

ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD COULD HOLD,

NEVER SELFISH, ALWAYS KIND,

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY TO LEAVE BEHIND. (109)

TRUE WAS HIS HEART, HIS ACTIONS KIND,

LIFE WAS A PATTERN TO THOSE LEFT BEHIND,

A BEAUTIFUL SOUL IN A GARDEN OF REST,

IT’S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY, GOD CHOOSES THE BEST. (125)

YOUR WEARY HOURS AND DAYS OF PAIN,

YOUR TROUBLED NIGHTS ALL PAST,

YOUR EVER PATIENT TIRED SOUL,

HAS FOUND SWEET REST AT LAST. (99)

THRO’ TEARS WE SAW YOU SUFFER,

WE WATCHED YOU SLOWLY FADE,

TO US YOUR LOVED HAS GIVEN,

BY HIM YOU’LL BE REPAID. (83)

WE LOVED HER – YES NO TONGUE CAN TELL,

HOW DEEP, HOW DEARLY, AND HOW WELL,

CHRIST LOVED HER TOO, AND THOUGHT IT BEST,

TO TAKE HER HOME WITH HIM TO REST. (113)

A HEART OF GOLD STOPPED BEATING,

TWO TIRED HANDS NOW REST,

GOD BROKE OUR HEARTS TO PROVE TO US,

HE ONLY TAKES THE BEST. (92)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

MARK WRIGHT

WHO PASSED AWAY

15TH APRIL 1996

AGED 78 YEARS

CHERISHED

MEMORIES OF

A BELOVED WIFE

AND MOTHER

TERESA COKER

1900-1995

SADLY MISSED

TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF

THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

TREASURED MEMORIES OF

WHO DIED

WHO FELL ASLEEP

A LIGHT FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD IS GONE

A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILLED

A PLACE IS VACANT FROM OUR HEARTS

WHICH CAN NEVER BE FILLED

LOVING AND KIND IN ALL HER WAYS

UPRIGHT AND JUST TO THE END OF HER DAYS

SINCERE AND TRUE IN HEART AND MIND

A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND

WE MISS HIS SMILE HIS CHEERY WAY

WE MISS THE THINGS HE USED TO SAY

AND WHEN OLD TIMES WE OFT RECALL

ITS THEN WE MISS HIM MOST OF ALL

IT BROKE OUR HEARTS TO LOSE YOU

BUT YOU DID NOT GO ALONE

FOR PART OF US WENT WITH YOU

THE DAY GOD CALLED YOU HOME

A TINY FLOWER LENT NOT GIVEN

TO BUD ON EARTH AND BLOOM IN HEAVEN

MEMORY IS A GOLDEN CHAIN

THAT BINDS US TILL WE MEET AGAIN

HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY

HIS ABSENCE A SILENT GRIEF

TOGETHER AGAIN

PEACE PERFECT PEACE

IN GODS KEEPING

He never failed to do his best,

His heart was true and tender,

He laboured hard for those he loved

And those he loved remember

No farewells were spoken,

No time to say goodbye.

You were gone before we knew it,

And only God knows why.

Yea though I walk through the valley

Of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me;

Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.Psalms 23:4

We hold you close within our hearts,

And there you will remain

To walk with us throughout our lives,

Until we meet again.

Memory is a golden chain,

That binds us till we meet again.

Through all the tears & heartache,

There's one thing for which I'm glad,

That you chose me to share with you

Those precious years we had.

A special smile,

A special face,

Someone special,

We cannot replace.

As the bird free of its cage

Seeks the heights,

So the Christian soul in death,

Flies home to God.

As we love you,

So we miss you.

A tiny flower,

Lent, not given,

To bud on earth,

And bloom in Heaven

At rest

A woman of virtue kindness and modesty

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain

mercy.

Matthew 5:7

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall

be comforted.

Matthew 5:4

But many that are first shall be last

And the last shall be first.

But O for the touch of a vanished hand

And the sound of a voice that is still!

Tennyson

Called home aged ....... (years)

Called to Jesus

Called to rest

Cherished and fondest memories

Dearly loved, sadly missed

Deeply loved, Sadly missed.