Inscriptions
Finding the right words for your memorial can be difficult. This section offers some guidance which we hope will help.
Please be aware that Churchyard and Cemetery regulations may restrict your inscription choices. If you are not aware of the restrictions that affect your memorial we will do our best to help.
Wording Examples
Below are just a few common inscriptions
TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE
THE BEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN THE WORLD CANNOT BE SEEN NOR TOUCHED BUT ARE FELT IN THE HEART
SADLY MISSED ALONG LIFE’S WAY, QUIETLY REMEMBERED EVERY DAY
LIFE IS NOT FOREVER, LOVE IS
IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER JOHN SMITH WHO DIED 8TH MARCH 2012 AGED 87 YEARS ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF OUR DEAREST MOTHER BETTY BARNES WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 20TH SEPTEMBER 2012 AT THE AGE OF 92 WE MISS HER SMILE, HER CHEERY WAY WE MISS THE THINGS SHE USED TO SAY, AND WHEN OLD TIMES WE OFT RECALL, ITS THEN WE MISS HER MOST OF ALL
ALWAYS REMEMBERED OUR DEAR MUM MARGARET MILLS NEE KING 30.10.1918 – 06.02.2022 GONE IS THE FACE WE LOVED SO DEAR SILENT THE VOICE WE LOVED TO HEAR
FOREVER IN OUR THOUGHTS ‘PADDY’ PATRICK O’BRIEN BORN KILLARNEY CO. KERRY 2ND MARCH 1916 DIED 15TH MAY 2010 A DAD TO US, A FRIEND TO ALL HIS SMILING FACE WE WILL RECALL
FOREVER IN THE THOUGHTS OF YOUR LOVING WIFE, CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
CHERISHED MEMORIES OF A MUCH LOVED SON AND BROTHER ARTHUR WHITE ‘SNOWY’ 1950-2010 ITS 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
TREASURED MEMORIES OF A LOVING WIFE, MUM AND NAN ANNIE LAWRENCE WHO PASSED AWAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2011 GONE ARE THE DAYS WE USED TO SHARE BUT IN OUR HEARTS YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE
IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAR PARENTS JACK HILL DIED 30TH NOVEMBER 1964 ALICE HILL DIED 21ST JUNE 2012 NOT JUST TODAY, BUT EVERY DAY, WE WILL REMEMBER
LOVED AND MISSED BY ALL THE FAMILY
HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HIS ABSENCE A SILENT GRIEF
‘TIS SAD BUT TRUE, I WONDER WHY THE BEST ARE ALWAYS FIRST TO DIE
LOVINGLY REMEMBERED A WONDERFUL HUSBAND, DAD AND GRANDAD WILLIAM DOYLE 1ST OCTOBER 1918 28TH NOVEMBER 2008 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
TOGETHER FOREVER TOMMY HARGREAVES 10 JAN 1911 – 16 FEB 2011 LIZZIE HARGREAVES 30 AUG 1918 – 28 MAY 2012 A LIFETIME TOGETHER A SHORT WHILE APART TOGETHER ONCE MORE AND NEVER TO PART
MEMORY IS A GOLDEN CHAIN THAT BINDS US TILL WE MEET AGAIN
PEACE, PERFECT PEACE
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
A TINY FLOWER LENT, NOT GIVEN, TO BUD ON EARTH AND BLOOM IN HEAVEN
A BOUQUET OF BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES SPRAYED WITH A MILLION TEARS WISHING GOD COULD HAVE SPARED YOU JUST FOR A FEW MORE YEARS
TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE
TOO DEARLY LOVE TO BE FORGOTTEN
REUNITED
REST IN PEACE
GOD FOUND THE PATH WAS GROWING OVER THE HILL TOO STEEP TO CLIMB, SO HE GENTLY CLOSED HER EYELIDS, AND WHISPERED ‘PEACE BE THINE’
SADLY MISSED
A LIGHT IS FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD GONE, A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILL, A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HOME, THAT NEVER CAN BE FILLED
YES, YOU’VE JUST WALKED ON AHEAD OF ME DON’T WORRY I’LL BE FINE BUT NOW AND THEN I SWEAR I FEEL YOUR HAND SLIP INTO MINE
HAPPY, SMILING, ALWAYS CONTENT, LOVED AND RESPECTED WHEREVER SHE WENT, ALWAYS SO THOUGHTFUL, LOVING AND KIND, A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY SHE LEFT BEHIND
TOGETHER AGAIN
EVER THOUGHTFUL, FAITHFUL, KIND AND TRUE, SELFISHNESS SHE NEVER KNEW, HER THOUGHTS WERE FOR OTHERS TO THE LAST, WE SHALL MISS HER SADLY TILL OUR LIVES HAVE PASSED
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
A SMILE FOR ALL, A HEART OF GOLD, ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD COULD HOLD, NEVER SELFISH, ALWAYS KIND, A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND
GOOD WAS HIS HEART, HIS FRIENDSHIP TRUE, LOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL HE KNEW; TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END; BUT HE DIED AS HE LIVED, EVERYONE’S FRIEND
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
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
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