When you come across the tombstone epitaphs and the messages they carry, you will realize they bring out the inherent personality traits or accomplishments of that person in his past life. Some tombstones may reveal the reason for his death. Writing epitaphs is a way of expressing our debt of gratitude and respect to the poor departed soul. Bereaved family members, in their hour of sorrow and pain, normally will prefer a biblical verse as an epitaph because it may exhibit some virtuous quality that was a characteristic of the decedent's life. There are different kinds of epitaphs, suitable to the families and to the person in the grave. Among them the hilarious ones draw our attention, as they point out the jovial nature of the person in his earthly life. Below are found some funny epitaphs that may tickle you to the bone.
"Beneath the stone.
the lump of clay,
lies uncle Peter Daniels,
Who too early in the month of May
took off his winter flannel".
......Midway Massachusetts
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"Here lies
Leater Moore
Four slugs
from a .44,
no less,
no more".
......Tombstone, Arizona
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of AlvingJ.Stanton
May 5 1904
The Lord don't make any mistake".
.....South Plymouth, New York
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Lies Arabella Young
Who on the 21 of May
Began to hold her tongue".
.....Hatfield, Massachusetts
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Now playing the harp".
Dodge City, Kansas
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Done to death by a banana,
It wasn't the fruit that laid her low
But the skin of the thing that
made her go".
..... Enosburg, Vermont
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Ref: 'Last Writes' by Gyles Brandreth, Reader's Digest; 1995 Diary.