Haunting Epitaphs

What do you want on your tombstone?

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Origin

A couple of years ago, I searched the archives of Halloween-l for every epitaph that I could find. I then put them all in a file, one per line, sorted alphabetically, and knocked out the more obvious duplicates. Here is the result, in the event that you need some inspiration.

This process doesn't preserve the origin of each epitaph. If I have included your original material and you object to it, please use the e-mail link to let me know.

 

Epitaphs

A balanced budget
AT PEACEFUL REST LIES BROTHER CLAUDE planted here beneath this sod (Claude Coates - Art Director, Master of Paint Effects and Lighting)
Abbie Normal (from Young Frankenstein)
Aleister Crowley Oct. 12, 1875 March 3, 1944
Ann Mann Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid But died an old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767
Anna Wallace The children of Israel wanted bread And the Lord sent them manna, Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna.
Any day above ground Is a good day
Ashes to ashes Dust to dust Here lie someone I do not trust [use on a grave jumper]
B.A. Ghoul
Barney...I miss you...you miss me (our only purple tombstone)
Barry A. Live
Barry M. Deep 
Barry R. Bones
Beethoven: Erasing music while reposing note by note he's decomposing.
Behold and see as you pass by For as you are, so once was I As I am now, so will you be Prepare unto death and follow me (and a hand written note near the grave replies...) To follow you I'm not content Until I know which way you went!
Ben Dover (a favorite of the kids)
Beneath here sleeps my beloved wife mable who hit her head upon a table and cracked her skull, which was quite sad because she's the best friend I ever had
Beneath this stone, A lump of clay, Lies Arabella Young, Who, on the twenty-first of May, Began to hold her tongue
Berry D. Hatchet
Bill M. Lader
Bless my i.i.i.i.i.i. Here he lies In a sad Pickle Kill'd by Icicle" IN THE YEAR. 1776.
Bob took time from work By bourbon required Then he took to the road Now he's semi-retired
Bye
C. Dracula 1236 1458 1527 1703 1823 1995 
C3PO (or RoboCop, etc.) Rust In peace
CHEVY CHASE I'm Dead And You're Not
Candy B. Goode
Carl; CarlŐs Jr.
Count Dracula 1738-
DEAR DEPARTED BROTHER DAVE he chased a bear into a cave
Damien Thorn 1968-1993
Dawn Under
Dee Parted (or "Our Dear, Lee D. Parted)
Dee Funct
Diane Rott
Do Not Disturb
Don't walk by, stop and see this pretty stone, on top of me It cost a fortune, for the family I love by body's below, my spirits above
Dracula ~ "Fangs for the Memories"
Dr. Izzy Gone
Dusty N. Crumblin
E=mc2: At the speed of light his life it passed when Einstein died he had no mass.
Elvis sighted here (arrow down)
Alvis Aaron Presley Jan 8 1935-Aug 16 1977
Elvis - live with it
Elvis.. Once the King of Rock N Roll... Now the King of this Grassy Knoll
Emma Ghost
Euell Gibbons Ate Healthy, Died Anyway
F. Yura Vandal The graveyard has cameras Alarms on the props, Disturbing the contents Will summon the cops. Requiescat im slammer
Farewell my young companions all From death's arrest no age is free Remember this, a warning call Prepare to follow after me The wise, the sober and the brave Must try the cold and silent grave
Fester N. Rott
First a cough Carried me off Then in a coffin They carried me off in
Freddy Kruger (with slash marks no dates)
From this life I may be gone but you can find me beneath this lawn
GO HOME (accompanied w/ a bloody handprint)
Gage Creed 1974-1978 1978-1979
Gil A. Teen A Tisket A Casket His Head is in the Basket
Owen Moore Gone away Owin' more Than he could pay.
HERE LIES A MAN NAMED MARTIN the lights went out on this old spartan
HERE LIES GOOD OLD FRED a great big rock fell on his head
HERE RESTS WATHEL R. BENDER he rode to glory on a fender (Wathel Rodgers - illusionist, mechanical genius)
Hammond Eggs
He got a fishbone in his throat Which made him sing an angel's note
Here I lie And no wonder I'm dead, For the wheel of a semi Went over my head.
Here Lies My X-Wife....... I'll Never forget the day she died, She took half, then so did I.
Here Lies Ron D. Vous He met with death.
Here Lies... The Last SOB to PEE in my pool!
Here his body lies moudling, His dying was hard. They shot him for folding An IBM card ...
Here lays Butch, We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger, But slow on the draw.
Here lies Bill Boller He got ran over by A steam roller (This tombstone is very tall and narrow as if to match the victim)
Here lies Bill He always lied And he always will He lied once too often And now he lies still
Here lies Edmund Blackadder And he is bluddy well annoyed.
Here lies Ezekial Aikle Age 102 The Good Die Young.
Here lies Frank Dead by gun Caught in bed By another's husband
Here lies Frank Dead by gun caught in bed by anothers husband
Here lies Henry Blake,He stepped on the gas,Instead of the brake.
Here lies John Yeast, Pardon him for not rising.
Here lies John dead and buried he's finally let go of the burdens he carried
Here lies Johnny Yeast "Pardon me for not rising."
Here lies Kelly We buried him today He lived the life of Riley When Riley was away
Here lies Lester Moore Four slugs from a .44 No Les No More.
Here lies Mary Phipp Sealed in this stone cold crypt
Here lies Matthew Brown, Ripe for the Harvest.
Here lies Paul who liveth not his murderer they never caught
Here lies Vlad the Impaler He bit off more than he could chew
Here lies Walter Dudley. He found out too late, Dobermans aren't cuddly.
Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And no place to go. 
Here lies Dead Tom
Here lies dear departed brother Claude He now rests soundly beneath this sod
Here lies dear old Brother Tor He couldn't take it anymore
Here lies my wife In Earthy mould Who when she lived Did naught but scold Good friends go softly In your walking Lest she should wake And rise up talking
Here lies my wife, I bid her goodbye. She rests in peace and now so do I.
Here lies the Father of 29 There would have been more but he didn't have time
Here lies the Pillsbury Dough Boy He will rise again
Here lies the Popular, Kevin O'Tool. He thought it was Cool, To Smoke at School. 
Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake Stepped on the gas Instead of the brake.
Here lies the body of Mary Ann Lowder She burst while drinking a seidlitz powder Called from this world To her heavenly rest She drank it and She effervesced
Here lies the body of Thomas Kemp Who lived by the sword, and died by hemp
Anna Hopewell Here lies the body of our Anna Done to death by a banana It wasn't the fruit that laid her low But the skin of the thing that made her go. 
Hugh B Next
I told you I was sick.
I was Fred now I'm dead
I was somebody. Who, is no business of yours.
I. Emma Ghost
I. Emma Spook
IN MEMORY OF OUR PATRIARCH dear departed grandpa marc (Marc Davis illustrator, idea man, funniest Imagineer)
Ichabod Crane 1793-1827
Ifura Vandal The goblins have cameras The gremlins alarmed! Disturb this graveyard And you'll come to great harm!
In Memory of Beza Wood Departed this life Nov. 2, 1837 Aged 45 yrs. Here lies one Wood Enclosed in wood One Wood Within another. The outer wood Is very good: We cannot praise The other.
In loving memory from your grieving widow... You slept with them all.. Now sleep with this
It does my heart a world of good To see you in a box of wood
JOE BLOWHARD Politician Lying As Much As Ever
JOHN CHEVY Here I Lie Like A Rock
Jason (didn't put last name) 1956-(with hockey mask)
Jason Vorheves Born ? Died 1964, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1995* (each date except 1995 has a red scratch out line through them, there is a * next to 1995 and in () below it says 'we hope'
Jaws (a big bite out of this stone)
Jess Gough
Jim Migg would like for you to dig
John lies below this dirt and grass done in too soon by windshield glass
Justin Pieces
Justin Tyme
KAREN CARPENTER [no epitaph - put on a very skinny headstone]
Keep at a distance while the autumn winds wail, or the ghoulies who steal will spend a long time in jail.
Kerry M. Off
Lea Ning (with a tilted tombstone)
Lefty B. Hynde
Lizzie Bordon 1902-1926 (with bloody handprint)
Lizzy Bordon's father lies here (with many small stones around that say 'and here')
Look my friend and you shall see a symbol of mortality as you are now so once was he as he is now so will you be
Lovecraft, Howard Phillips Aug. 20, 1890 March 15, 1937
M. T. Tomb
M.T. Box
MASTER GRACEY LAID TO REST no mourning please at his request (Yale Gracey - illusionist)
Manny Bones
Mark A. Place
Marquis de Sade: His pleasure was pain, with a whip and a rod. but now that he's planted, he's the Marquis de Sod.
Mary Aster should have j-walked a little faster
Mary Lass missed the brake and hit the gas
Mary Mary quite contrary how does your garden grow? Quite well I should think since it's well fed by your body down below.
Mrs. Derns now being ate by worms
Mummy B. Ware
My glass is run My grave you see Prepare for death And follow me
My wife is dead And here she lies Nobody Laughs And nobody cries Where she is gone to And how she fares Nobody Knows Nobody Cares
My wife she met with an early demise, but she can still see, I kept her eyes. (You can have some glowing led's or something of the kind watching)
Norman Bates 1953-1979
On the 22nd of June - Jonathan Fiddle - Went out of tune.
Once I wasn't Then I was Now I ain't again
Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: Born 1903--Died 1942 Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was.
Orson Buggy
Orwell: Beloved by sister, father, mother missed by all except Big Brother.
Otta B. Alive
Parts is PartsPennyless I did die But don't you go and cry For if you do some thinking You'll find I had great timing
Plays Well With Others ; Others
R2D2 - Rust In Peace
R. U. Next
R.I.P. Jack the Ripper 1788
R.I.P. Van Winkle
REQUIESCAT FRANCIS XAVIER no time off for good behavior RIP (Xavier Atencio - scriptwriter, and lyricist, Grim Grinning Ghosts
REST IN PEACE COUSIN HUET we all know you didn't do it
Rick R. Mortis
RIP GOOD FRIEND GORDON now you've crossed the river jordan
RIP MR. SEWELL the victim of a dirty duel (Ted(?) Sewell - Engineer/Draughtsman(?))
RIP in memorium uncle myall HERE YOU'LL REST FOR QUITE A WHILE (Chuck Myall - Art Director)
John Penny Reader if cash thou art In want of any Dig 4 feet deep And thou wilt find a Penny. 
Reid N. Weep
Renfield (spider web)
Rest in Pieces (The truly demented have put the name Borden on this headstone. That's too sick even for me).
Runs With Scissors
Russ T. Chain
Russ T. Kauphin
Ruth Pope Stop by here my friends As you pass by; As you are now So once was I. As I am now So you must be. Prepare for death And follow me.
SEE RUBY FALLS
Sacred to the memory of my husband John Barnes who died January 3, 1803. His comely young widow, aged 23, has many qualifications of a good wife, and yearns to be comforted.
School is out; The teacher has gone home
Seymore Butts inventor of the miniskirt
Splat!
Margaret Daniels She always said her feet were killing her but nobody believed her. 
Sir John Strange Here lies an honest lawyer, And that is Strange.
Stella Live
Stop by here my friends As you pass by; As you are now So once was I. As I am now So you must be. Prepare for death And follow me.
Sue D'Bum
Superman: A man of steel a deathly fright what put him in this crypt-tonight.
Susan B. Anthony: Poison ? Stabbing ? Strangulation ? Cause of Death: Poor Circulation.
Sweet Rosie O'Grady, Carpenter's daughter by birth. She got tired of living, And decided to leave this earth. She swallowed a tape measure, But dying by inches was hard. So she went out in the garden, And died there by the yard.
Sybil Leek 1883-1946
Tears cannot restore her therefore I weep
Ted N. Buried
This Space for Rent
This Tombstone is a Milestone How So? Because beneath lies John Miles Who's miles below.
Time was I stood where thou dost now And view'd the dead as thou dost me Ere long you'll be as low as I And others stand and gaze at thee
Time, like an ever rolling stream Bears all it's sons away They fly forgotten as a dream Dies at the opening day
Tom Thumb (very small stone)
U. R. Gone
U. R. Next
Under the sod and under the trees Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. He is not here, there's only the pod: Pease shelled out and went to God.
Vandal B.Ware
Weldon Corpse
When your razor is dull But you need a shave Think of the man Who lies in this grave
While living men my tomb do view, Remember well, here's room for you
Ellen Shannon Who was fatally burned March 21, 1870 by the explosion of a lamp filled with "R.E. Danforth's Non-Explosive Burning Fluid" 
Wil B. Back
Willy Rott
Yetta Nother
Your name here
Yul B. Next
Here are some suggested by visitors to our web site:
M. T. Graves
Seymore Cumming
Philip D. Holes
Cartright Offenbury
Wilson B. Bach
May C. Agenn
C. U. Sune
Mandy Gunns
Alf N. Runnen
Mia Corpse
Yule B. Heresune
Woody B. Bach
Jess Kause
Al B. Bach
Bach Agenn
Warren Pieces
Pierson D. Heart
Bach Sune
May B. Runnen
Wilson Joynme
Kay Davver
Dee Cayed
Izzy Deadyet
Dr. A. Cula
Miss N. Cranium

 

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