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unusual facts about headstone



Albert Morrow

He died at his residence in West Hoathly in 1927, and his headstone in the local churchyard at All Saints Church, Highbrook was designed by Albert Toft.

Anna LoPizzo

Her grave was unmarked for 88 years, until David R. Morris, assistant business manager of Electrical Workers Local 2321 in North Andover, set about getting a headstone made.

Canongate Kirkyard

The grave of John Ballantyne (1774–1821), and his brother James Ballantyne (1772–1833), publishers and friends of Sir Walter Scott, has no headstone, reflecting their poverty at the end of their lives.

Curtis F. Shoup

He is buried in North Scriba Union Cemetery in Scriba, New York and his grave can be found in Lot 290, which is in the 3rd row from the entrance driveway, 14th headstone from the public highway (North Road, also known as County Route 1).

Fort Lawton Riot

In 1986, journalist Jack Hamann found Guglielmo Olivotto's headstone in the Fort Lawton cemetery.

Isaiah Mays

In 2001, the marker was replaced with an official United States Department of Veterans Affairs headstone which stated his name, service history, and his status as a Medal of Honor recipient.

José Travassos Valdez, 1st Count of Bonfim

A sixth son, Pedro de Alcântara Travassos Valdez (1827–1887), settled in the English village of Dalwood in Devon and is buried in the graveyard of St Peter's Church there, with an elaborate headstone summarizing his father's career.

Joseph Kaeble

He was buried in the local cemetery in Wantequin, some seven miles west of Arras (Wantequin memorial/cemetery: Plot II. Row A. Grave 8. Headstone).

King's Chapel Burying Ground

Elizabeth Pain, whose headstone is claimed to be the inspiration for Hester Prynne's in The Scarlet Letter

Larry Allen Abshier

His funeral was funded by the state and relatively well-serviced, but Abshier was given a headstone with an incorrect date of death and the false claim that his place of birth was Pyongyang.

Mississippi Joe Callicott

On April 29, 1995, a memorial headstone was placed on his grave arranged by the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund with the help of Kenny Brown and financed by Chris Strachwitz, Arhoolie Records and John Fogerty.

Octavius Catto

On October 10, 2007, the 136th anniversary of Catto's death, the Octavius V. Catto Memorial Fund erected a headstone at Catto's burial site at Eden Cemetery in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.

Ryō Kurusu

His father chose the following English inscription, by Herodotus, for Ryō's headstone: "In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."

Southampton Old Cemetery

On 2 May 2009, the grave was marked with a headstone in a ceremony attended by representatives of his home town, Fraserburgh, and of the Zulu nation.

St Martin's Church, Bowness-on-Windermere

In the churchyard is a tomb with a headstone dated 1822 inscribed to the memory of a freed slave named Rasselas Belfield, who is described as "A Native of Abyssinia".

Tracy Bond

The headstone clearly reads: "TERESA BOND, 1943–1969, Beloved Wife of JAMES BOND, We have all the time in the World" – referring to the final words in On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the Louis Armstrong song.

Walls, Mississippi

Her headstone was made possible by contributions from Bonnie Raitt and John Fogerty.


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