- A star on earth - a star in heaven
~~Karen Carpenter
(Forest Lawn; Cyprus, California)
- Called Back
~~Emily Dickinson
(West Cemetery; Amherst, Massachusetts)
{self written}
- Damn you all, I told you so! - H.G. Wells
- I had a lovers quarrel with the world - Robert Frost
- When I die, I want you to bury me upside down, so the whole world can kiss my ass. - Gravestone
- Here lies Charlie McCraw,
He was quick on the trigger,
But slow on the draw. - Gravestone
- Poorly Lived and Poorly Died
Poor buried and no one Cried - Gravestone
- ...That nothing's so sacred as honor and nothing's so loyal as love
~~Wyatt Earp
(Hills of Eternity; Colma, California)
- So we beat on, boats against the current,
borne back ceaselessly
into the past
~~~Great Gatsby~~~
~~Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
and his wife,
Zelda Sayre
(St. Mary's Cemetery; Rockville,Maryland)
- The Body of
B. Franklin, Printer
Like the Cover of an old Book
Its Contents turn out
And Stript of its Lettering & Guilding
Lies here. Food for Worms
For, it will as he believed
appear once more
In a new and more elegant Edition
corrected and improved
By the Author
~~Benjamin Franklin
(Christ Church Burial Grounds; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- A genius of comedy
His talent brought joy and
Laughter to all the world.
~~Oliver Hardy
(Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park; California)
- Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
~~Dean Martin
( Westwood Memorial Cemetery, Los Angeles, California)
- Kata ton daimona eay toy
~~Jim Morrison
(Pere Lachaise Cemetery;Paris, France)
{True to his own spirit.}
- Quoth the Raven,
"Nevermore."
~~Edgar Allan Poe
(Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery; Baltimore, Maryland)
- A master of comedy
His genius in the art of humor
Brought gladness
To the world he loved.
~~Stan Laurel
(Forest Lawn; Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California)
- "The Entertainer"
He did it all
~~Sammy Davis, Jr.
(Forest Lawn; Glendale, California)
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