Tombstones I Have Known

About the Book

Uncle Tom Allen once told me that every time you speak a name of someone deceased somewhere, somehow they feel it and it makes them feel good.

My mother had a hobby of clipping obituaries out of newspapers, which she started before I was ever born. She said that they made her laugh and they made her cry. They gave her strength during trying times. After I was born, I too took up the hobby and later in life began to share some of the old epitaphs with friends. This book is a collection of those obituaries, witty epitaphs and a list of where famous people are buried. Later, I wrote newspaper articles and shared with my readers some of these old epitaphs. They wrote me letters telling me how they enjoyed them. Later, I sent copies to friends in the hospital and nursing homes. They told me it cheered them up. So, I decided to write this book to prove that there is some wit in death. It will make you laugh, cry and feel good!

About the Author

Originally from the South, well informed and dedicated to the Civil Rights movement, and a contributor to several newspapers, Lamar Weaver is a historian and current speaker of note. A past president of Historical Preservations, Inc., of Clermont County Ohio. He was a former director and Vice President of the Anderson Township Chamber of Commerce in Ohio. He is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Weaver, widowed, is the father of six children, "who have helped him a lot in rubbing the cemetery [stones]." Professionally, Mr. Weaver is retired from the John Hancock Insurance Company. He presently owns a legal investigation and courier company in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also an ordained minister. He is a strong advocate of persevering old pioneer graveyards. He is past chairman of the Cobb County, Georgia Cemetery Task Force, and is still active in his hobby of collecting epitaphs and clippings from old graveyards from over the world. He hopes to author several books.