An Epitaph A Day - October 28

Keeps Death's Spectre Away

Epitaph on an Ohio woman's tombstone:

NEURALGIA worked on Mrs. Jones '
Till 'neath the sod it laid her.
She was a worthy Methodist,
And served as a crusader.
Her obsequies were held at two,
With plenty of good carriages.
Death is the common lot of all,
And comes as oft as marriages.

Source:

Kippax, John Robert. Churchyard Literature. 1762-190. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co. 1877.