The Best Tombstone

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

Charles Spurgeon

Reader’s Digest (yea, that magazine found in many old relatives’ bathrooms) has a listicle “19 Funniest Tombstones That Really Exist ”. There’s famous examples like Mel Blanc’s “That’s All Folks” epitaph. And everyday people, too, carry their humor to the grave such as a dentist with a dark sense of humor with his “I’m filling my last cavity” marker.

About the author

Charles Haddon Spurgeon : (19th June 1834 – 31st January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, to some of whom he is known as the “Prince of Preachers.” He was a strong figure in the Baptist tradition, defending the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day.