Memorial Day: What will be on your stone?

[Lou Van Anne]

When visiting my father's(WWII vet) grave my sister-in-law asked me: "So what do you want inscribed on your headstone?".....easy, I answered: "I'd rather be driving my Studebaker!"

[S2Deluxe]

When visiting my father's(WWII vet) grave my sister-in-law asked me: "So what do you want inscribed on your headstone?".....easy, I answered: "I'd rather be driving my Studebaker!"

I think many of us would also like that, on ours, if we do actually get one? If there really is a Heaven and a few of us actually make it in, I'm sure we will be! Everyone, take care and Enjoy the Holliday!

Mark

[Stude Shoo-wop!]

Let's see. This could be fun.

"Although a dichotomy has formed from my absence, just remember, words are the golden thread. They can mend anything just as much as they can strangle the life out of something."

OR

"Here lies Jake R. Kaywell, always tried to give a little more than he promised. One day, he gave a little too much!"

[jclary]

I am a curious sort, with more interests than I have time to pursue. I also collect all sorts of things, from interesting rocks, arrowheads, artifacts, cars, "old iron," die-cast, and Studebakers. My wife, although understanding, has had to put up with this for decades. When she complains about my "clutter," I have accused her of wanting to live as if the house was up for sale. On such occasions, I would often say that I need to build on an addition, so that me, my junk, and my animals could "pig out" and enjoy life...in "MY OWN PLACE."

One day, leaving the church by way of a side road through the graveyard, I glanced over to see her grinning. I asked what are you thinking?

That's when she told me she had the perfect epitaph for my tombstone...

"HERE LIES JOHN CLARY...WHO ALWAYS WANTED HIS OWN PLACE... AND NOW HAS IT!"

[oilnsteel]

Drear hordes of Dodge and Studebaker,
Hispano-Suiza, Edsel Ford
Make way! I drive to meet my maker
in the garages of the Lord.

[Blue 15G]

I want mine to read "I told you I was sick."

[TWChamp]

"Sorry Honey, but It Looks Like I Just Ran Out of Gas"

[ddub]

"I thought getting old would take longer."

[Commander Eddie]

See the text in red under my signature line below. It is Latin for "The sun shines for everyone".

[Mike Sal]

Anyone know somebody in the stone carving business? I'd like to have one of those dead tree trunk tombstones that were popular in the 1880's.
Mike Sal

[jclary]

See the text in red under my signature line below. It is Latin for "The sun shines for everyone".

Sol Lucet Omnibus

Well, Ed...that appears to be a rather sophisticated phrase...but if you heard someone with a deep southern drawl (like mine) attempting to pronounce it

you'd probably rethink having that on your monument.

[raprice]

I'd like "he served his country." Also, I'd like an outline of my Lark and a mortar and pestle, the symbol of my profession, pharmacist.
Rog

[KarlCooper]

Sol Lucet Omnibus

Well, Ed...that appears to be a rather sophisticated phrase...but if you heard someone with a deep southern drawl (like mine) attempting to pronounce it

you'd probably rethink having that on your monument.

i read that with a southern drawl and now i can't get it out of my head

[wittsend]

I've never done anything spectacular. On my best day, at my best skill I might hit a 7 on a 10 scale. It seems daily to take 110% of myself to be "average." My whole life I've fought the perception that on the scale of 10 I was no better than a 1..., maybe a 2. So, whether perceived as self deprecating or bragging, I've suggested the following for a gravestone:

"At times he rose above the mediocrity people expected of him"

That said, I have actually requested no mention, no service or memorial markings. There are 8 billion people on this planet. My passing should be of no significant notice.

[Commander Eddie]

Sorry guys. I never considered the southern drawl aspect of Sol Lucet Omnibus. There weren't any southerners around in Rome when Latin was the native tongue.
For me it is the sentiment of the phrase that I always liked. I could always switch to Carpe Diem.