Inscriptions & Verses
One of the most challenging aspects of choosing a memorial is finding the right words. Finding the right verse to use as a memorial inscription is important and well worth taking the time to fully consider all the options, whilst consulting with other family members to ensure agreement. Visiting the cemetery or churchyard to look at example inscriptions can sometimes help and it is important to be aware of any pertaining regulations, as these can be quite specific in dictating the type of wording allowed. Once an idea has been agreed, you will be invited to see how your inscription will look on stone – before the stone is cut.
Please see below 101 example verses, that can be used/adapted individually or combined. We are well versed in knowing the local rules and regulations – what inscriptions are and are not allowed. Should you need any assistance in choosing a verse or inscription, please get in touch.
Verses 1 - 12
A DEAR WIFE
AND MOTHER
ANNE JONES
WHO DIED 28TH JUNE 2015
AGED 67 YEARS
ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS
FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
VERSE 1
OUR DEAREST FATHER
SIMON PAUL
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
15TH JANUARY 2015
AT THE AGE OF 89
WE MISS HIS SMILE, HIS CHEERY WAY
WE MISS THE THINGS HE USED TO SAY,
AND WHEN OLD TIMES WE OFT RECALL,
IT’S THEN WE MISS HIM MOST OF ALL
VERSE 2
OUR DEAR MUM
SARAH COOK
Née CLARKE
22.06.1904 – 06.02.2011
GONE IS THE FACE
WE LOVE SO DEAR
SILENT THE VOICE
WE LOVED TO HEAR
VERSE 3
‘PADDY’
PATRICK O’BRIEN
BORN KILLARNEY Co. KERRY
2ND MARCH 1919
DIED 15TH MAY 2014
A DAD TO US, A FRIEND TO ALL
HIS SMILING FACE WE WILL RECALL
VERSE 4
OF A MUCH LOVED DAUGHTER
AND SISTER
JAYNE THORNTON
‘JAY’
1937-2014
IT BROKE OUR HEARTS TO LOSE YOU
BUT YOU DID NOT GO ALONE
FOR PART OF USE WENT WITH YOU
THE DAY GOD CALLED YOU HOME
VERSE 5
A LOVING WIFE,
MUM AND NANNA
LOUISE ANDREWS
WHO PASSED AWAY
20th FEBRUARY 2014
GONE ARE THE DAYS WE USED TO SHARE
BUT IN OUR HEARTS YOU’RE
ALWAYS THERE
VERSE 6
OUR DEAR PARENTS
JOHN MILLS
DIED 30TH NOVEMBER 1964
VERA HILL
DIED 1ST JULY 2014
NOT JUST TODAY, BUT EVERY DAY,
WE WILL REMEMBER
VERSE 7
A WONDERFUL HUSBAND,
DAD AND GRANDAD
JACK DOYLE
1ST OCTOBER 1920
28TH JANUARY 2010
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
VERSE 8
GEORGE HARGREAVES
25 JAN 1909 – 1 JULY 2014
CHRISTINE HARGREAVES
5 AUG 1917 – 13 JANUARY 2015
A LIFE TIME TOGETHER
A SHORT WHILE APART
TOGETHER ONCE MORE
AND NEVER TO PART
VERSE 9
THAT BINDS US TILL WE MEET AGAIN
VERSE 10
VERSE 11
VERSE 12
Verses 13 - 24
NOT GIVEN,
TO BUD ON EARTH
AND BLOOM IN HEAVEN
VERSE 13
SPRAYED WITH A MILLION TEARS
WISHING GOD COULD HAVE SPARED YOU
JUST FOR A FEW MORE YEARS
VERSE 14
HIS ABSENCE A SILENT GRIEF
VERSE 15
VERSE 16
VERSE 17
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
VERSE 18
WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE
VERSE 19
VERSE 20
VERSE 21
VERSE 22
GROWING OVER
THE HILL TOO STEEP TO CLIMB,
SO HE GENTLY CLOSED HER EYELIDS,
AND WHISPERED ‘PEACE BE THINE’
VERSE 23
VERSE 24
Verses 25 - 36
A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILL,
A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HOME,
THAT NEVER CAN BE FILLED
VERSE 25
DON’T WORRY I’LL BE FINE
BUT NOW AND THEN I SWEAR I FEEL
YOUR HAND SLIP INTO MINE
VERSE 26
LOVED AND RESPECTED WHEREVER SHE WENT,
ALWAYS SO THOUGHTFUL, LOVING AND KIND,
A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY SHE LEFT BEHIND
VERSE 27
VERSE 28
SELFISHNESS SHE NEVER KNEW,
HER THOUGHTS WERE FOR OTHERS TO THE LAST,
WE SHALL MISS HER SADLY TILL OUR LIVES
HAVE PASSED
VERSE 29
TO FILL US WITH HIS LOVE,
AND THEN HE TOOK OUR DARLING CHILD,
TO DWELL WITH HIM ABOVE.
VERSE 30
ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD COULD HOLD,
NEVER SELFISH, ALWAYS KIND,
A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND
VERSE 31
LOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL HE KNEW;
TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END;
BUT HE DIED AS HE LIVED, EVERYONE’S FRIEND
VERSE 32
FOR EACH AND ALL SHE DID HER BEST;
PLEASE GOD, FORGIVE A SILENT TEAR,
A SILENT WISH THAT SHE WAS HERE
VERSE 33
THE BEST ARE ALWAYS FIRST TO DIE
VERSE 34
LIFE’S RACE WELL RUN
LIFE’SCROWN WELL WON
NOW COMES REST
VERSE 35
TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR
OUR LOSS IS GREAT – WE’LL NOT COMPLAIN
BUT HOPE IN HEAVEN TO MEET AGAIN.
VERSE 36
Verses 37 - 48
OR HEARD YOUR LAST FAREWELL
THE PARTING WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO SAD
FOR THOSE THAT LOVE YOU STILL
VERSE 37
WHEN THE PATHWAY HAS GROWN TOO STEEP
SO HE THOUCHES THE DROOPING EYELIDS
AND GIVETH HIS LOVED ONE SLEEP
VERSE 38
IN SORROW UNSEEN AND LIVE ON
THE MEMORIES OF DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN
VERSE 39
WE SHALL MISS HIM SADLY TILL OUR LIVES HAVE PASSED.
VERSE 40
OF GOLD. THE DEAREST VOICE THE
WORLD COULD HOLD, A BEAUTIFUL SOUL
IN A GARDEN OF REST, IT’S TRUE THEY
SAY GOD CHOOSES THE BEST.
VERSE 41
TEARS THEY OFTEN FLOW
WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE YOU,
NO-ONE WILL EVER KNOW.
EVER FAITHFUL, KIND AND TRUE,
SELFISHNESS YOU NEVER KNEW
WHATEVER ELSE I FAIL TO DO,
I SHALL ALWAYS LOVE AND REMEMBER YOU.
VERSE 42
A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER AND FRIEND,
WE MISS HIM AND MOURN HIM, IN SORROW UNSEEN
AND LIVE ON THE MEMORIES OF DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN.
VERSE 43
NEVER SHALL THY MEMORY FADE
SWEETEST THOUGHTS SHALL EVER LINGER
ROUND THE SPOT WHERE THOU ART LAID.
VERSE 44
SILENT THE VOICE I LOVED TO HEAR
TIS SAD BUT TRUE, I WONDER WHY
THE BEST ARE ALWAYS FIRST TO DIE.
VERSE 45
OUR HOMES BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS.
VERSE 46
YET I WILL NOT REPINE,
FOR JESUS IN HIS BOSOM WEARS,
THE FLOWER THAT ONCE WAS MINE.
VERSE 47
PLACED OUR BUD AMONGST HIS FLOWERS,
TAKEN BACK THE CHILD HE LENT US
TO A BETTER HOME THAN OURS.
VERSE 48
Verses 73 - 84
CONTENT IN HOME AND ALWAYS THERE.
UNSELFISH WAYS AND HEART OF GOLD,
NO FINER FATHER THIS WORLD COULD HOLD.
VERSE 73
IN DEATH A PRECIOUS MEMORY.
VERSE 74
CARE, DEVOTION, MEMORIES TO TREASURE.
IN OUR HEARTS SHE WILL ALWAYS LIVE,
THE DEAREST MOTHER GOD COULD GIVE.
VERSE 75
FOR EACH AND ALL SHE DID HER BEST,
PLEASE GOD, FORGAVE A SILENT TEAR,
A SILENT WISH THAT SHE WAS HERE.
VERSE 76
STILL LOVED, STILL MISSED, STILL VERY DEAR,
JUST AS YOU WERE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE,
A LOVING THOUGHT IN OUR MEMORY.
VERSE 77
THE SORROW OF PARTING WITHOUT FAREWELL.
VERSE 78
GUARD OUR DEAR FATHER WITH TENDER CARE,
BE A GOOD SHEPHERD, DON’T LEAVE HIM ALONE;
LOVE HIM, DEAR LORD, AS WE DID AT HOME.
VERSE 79
SHE PLAYED LIFE’S BATTLE FAIR.
NO MATTER WHEN WE NEEDED HER,
WE ALWAYS FOUND HER THERE.
VERSE 80
AS LONG AS I LIVE I WILL TREASURE HER NAME.
DEEP IN MY HEART SHE IS LIVING YET,
I LOVED HER TOO DEARLY TO EVER FORGET.
VERSE 81
ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD COULD HOLD.
NEVER SELFISH, ALWAYS KIND.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY TO LEAVE BEHIND.
VERSE 82
LIFE WAS A PATTERN TO THOSE LEFT BEHIND;
A BEAUTIFUL SOUL IN A GARDEN OF REST.
IT’S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY, GOD CHOOSES THE BEST.
VERSE 83
YOUR TROUBLED NIGHTS ALL PAST,
YOUR EVER PATIENT TIRED SOUL,
HAS FOUND SWEET REST AT LAST.
VERSE 84
Verses 85 - 96
WE WATCHED YOU SLOWLY FADE.
TO US YOUR LOVE WAS GIVEN,
BY HIM YOU’LL BE REPAID.
VERSE 85
HOW DEEP, HOW DEARLY, AND HOW WELL;
CHRIST LOVED HER TOO, AND THOUGHT IT
BEST TO TAKE HER HOME WITH HIM TO REST.
VERSE 86
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS,
YOUR CARING FOR MY EVERY NEED,
YOUR COMFORT FOR MY TEARS,
YOUR SMILES THAT BRIGHTEN UP MY DAYS,
LIKE SUNSHINE FROM ABOVE.
YOUR FAITH IN ME, YOUR THOUGHFULNESS,
AND MOST OF ALL YOUR LOVE.
VERSE 87
BUT IN OUR HEARTS YOUR’RE ALWAYS THERE
VERSE 88
AND HIS HAND WE CANNOT TOUCH
WE SHALL NEVER LOSE SWEET MEMORIES
OF THE ONE WE LOVED SO MUCH
VERSE 89
SILENT THE VOICE WE LOVED TO HEAR
VERSE 90
BUT YOU DID NOT GO ALONE
FOR PART OF US WENT WITH YOU
THE DAY GOD CALLED YOU HOME
VERSE 91
IS NOT TO DIE
VERSE 92
VERSE 93
HER ABSENCE A SILENT GRIEF
VERSE 94
VERSE 95
SPRAYED WITH A MILLION TEARS
WISHING GOD COULD HAVE SAVED YOU
IF JUST FOR A FEW MORE YEARS
VERSE 96
Verses 97 - 112
IN HEAVEN ONE ANGEL MORE
VERSE 97
WE HAVE YOU IN OUR HEARTS
VERSE 98
VERSE 99
FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
VERSE 100
VERSE 101
VERSE 102
VERSE 103
VERSE 104
VERSE 105
VERSE 106
VERSE 108
VERSE 107
VERSE 109
VERSE 110
IN OUR HEARTS YOU WILL ALWAYS STAY
LOVED AND REMEMBERED EVERYDAY
VERSE 111
VERSE 112
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