5. The dentist who loved to laugh
John and Maurice Denby were father and son and both of them were good and very appreciated dentists. John was born in 1870 and he died when he was only 57 years old, in 1927.
He was so passionate about his job, that on his tombstone the phrase “I’m filling my last cavity” was written. When Maurice passed away in 1964, he couldn’t let his father be the only one with a funny message, so “Me Too” was written on his stone.
6. The final quote
Edward Paul Abbey was an American essayist, author, and environmental activist who was well known for his advocacy of environmental problems and criticism of public land policies.
He wrote and published 19 books during his life and he died in 1989. We can say that he was a man of words, but the message on his tombstone is simpler than many of us would’ve imagined: “No comment”.
21 thoughts on “Tombstone Messages: 10 Most Hilarious Ones”
Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA is the home to many famous people but while going through one day I saw a tombstone in this very historical place that read, “ I told them my foot was killing me.” I kid you not.
Good one!
There is one in the cemetery in WInterset, Iowa that says, ‘I told you guys I wasn’t feeling well.’
The truth is he wanted “There goes the F%$^ing neighborhood” but they wouldn’t let him.
my boyfriend wanted on his tomb stone thanks for dropping by
My favorite!
Here are the Five Rules for Men to Follow for a Happy Life that Russell J. Larsen had inscribed on his headstone in Logan , Utah.
He died not knowing that he would win the ‘Coolest Headstone’ contest.FIVE RULES FOR MEN TO FOLLOW FOR A HAPPY LIFE:
1. It’s important to have a woman who helps at home, cooks from time to time, cleans up, and has a job.
2. It’s important to have a woman who can make you laugh.
3. It’s important to have a woman who you can trust, and doesn’t lie to you.
4. It’s important to have a woman who is good in bed, and likes to be with you.
5. It’s very, very important that these four women do not know each other or you could end up dead like me.
Must be a large headstone or, very small font!
Hysterical…..
There are many funny ones in the Boot Hill Cemetery near Tucson. My favorite is:
Here lies (don’t remember the name), hanged by mistake
He was right and
We was wrong
But we strung him up
And now he’s gone.
He was accused of cattle rustling but was innocent.
One I liked was,
Here lies Ezekiel Aikle
Age 102
The good
Die young
This is in Nova Scotia
Another for Lord Castlereagh who was disliked and Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons,
Posterity will ne’er survey
A nobler grave than this.
Here lie the bones Castlereagh
Stop, traveler, and piss.
I think that is about what others promised Trump if he did not honor Senator McCain by lowering the flag to half staff.
Calm down Hillary , you will soon be gone.
On Oberlin, Ohio, there is the grave of Peter Pindar Pease. “Old Pete isn’t here, it’s only his pod; He’s shelled out his peas and gone to his God.”
I told you I was sick
Next time u r in the neighborhood bring beer…….
Palm coast fl. A lady at our church has “what are you saving it for” on her columbarium marker (headstone)
On the steps leading to a grave in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY, these words were written. “I know that I am going to heaven, because I just lived thru Hell”…
With the very best of intentions, the family of a woman who was a wonderful seamstress had this epitaph engraved on her tombstone: “Sewer of Dreams”. It didn’t dawn on them that “sewer” could be interpreted two ways until they saw engraved—too late!
One of the funniest l have ever heard:
Oh stranger as you’re passing by
As you are now so once was l
As l am now soon you will be
Prepare for death and follow me
BUT – the stranger stopped, read, and answered
To follow you I’m not content
Until l know which way you went
I like “There are fates worse than Death” Or “There is No Death” ??from Longfellows poem
RIP Noah Scape 1829 – 1880
Always felt trapped.
My father always joked that on his marker it should read “Shot by a jealous husband…”
Here lies Lester Moore
Shot five times with a .44
No Les
No more
(Boot Hill Cemetery)