Memorial Details

BLESSED ARE THE DEAD
WHICH DIE IN THE LORD

THIS STONE
 IS
ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM COUMBE;
LATE OF UPTON, IN THIS PARISH
YEOMAN:
WHO DIED APRIL 23^RD 1835
AGED 70 YEARS.
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ALSO
DEBOROH; WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED OCTOBER 13^TH 1837.
AGED 70

THE TOLLS’ OF LIFE, AND PANGS OF DEATH ARE OVER
AND CARE, AND PAIN, AND SICKNESS, ARE NO MORE:
MY WIFE SO DEAR, GRIEVE NOT FOR ME TIS VAIN,
IN HEAVEN I HOPE WE SOON SHALL MEET AGAIN.
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WHEN GOD DOTH CALL WE MUST RESIGN,
IN HOPE OUR SOULS WILL MEET IN HEAVEN
OUR SAVIOUR THEN WILL PLEAD OUR CAUSE
THO WE HAVE RE BELL’D AGAINST GOD’S LAWS.