| Show ERECTED D HER TOMBSTONE eccentricity of character displayed ta in an english graveyard A remarkable but perfectly reliable story cornea comen from wales which throws a strange light upon eccentricity of character in the graveyard of the parish church at Church stoke a small village in Montgomery shire there is to be seen a gravestone which bears an inscription recording the death of a maiden lady who nevertheless is actually living in the village referred to and within a short distance of her ber tombstone her brothers and sisters died in the early part of this century and a single stone announces their deaths it stood undisturbed until 1886 when it was renovated and at that time the lady referred re to who was then in her year gave orders to a local stone mason to insert her name at the foot of the stone this was done but he was rather surprised surprise sur prisa to receive a further order to add the words died 1889 1 at first he hesitated and afterward complied with this request although he did not credit his customer with any remarkable degree of prophecy ye year 2 rafter after year passed by and when wb en 1889 came the eccentric centris ec lady was still living perhaps contrary to her own expectations the epitaph now confronts her every time she wends bends her way to church service so robust is she that since 1889 1880 she his has visited america and apparently derived considerable sid erable benefit from the voyage the following 7 is a copy of the inscription on the stone in memory of edward lockley stonemason son of john and mary lockley who died july 30 1843 aged 36 years also john their son who died december 7 1846 aged 35 years also thomas richard and joseph their sons who died in their infancy also sarah their daughter born august 8 9 1819 died 1889 |
