COSTON SAWYER CEMETERY

 

BE-44: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, TEMPLE RIDGE ROAD

 

3 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS.

 

SAWYER             Born: 1828          Died: 1886          

Front inscription: MARTHA A./ WIFE OF/ COSTON SAWYER/ BORN/ SEPT 13, 1828/ DIED/ JULY 4, 1886/ MY OWN DEAR WIFE HAS GONE/ TO MANSIONS ABOVE YONDER SKY/ TO GAZE ON THE BEAUTIFUL THRONE/ OF HIM WHO IS SEATED ON HIGH                                                          

 

SAWYER             Born: 1818          Died: 1907          

Front inscription: COSTON SAWYER/ BORN/ DEC. 12, 1818/ DIED/ JAN. 18, 1907/ GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN/ AN HONEST MAN, THE NOBLEST/ WORK OF GOD                                                           

 

SAWYER             Born: 1818          Died: 1882          

Front inscription: CAROLINE/ WIFE OF/ COSTON/ SAWYER/ BORN/ NOV. 7, 1818/ DIED/ OCT. 16, 1882/ FARWELL THEN SWEET MOTHER A LONG FAREWELL/ YOUR/ YOUR SORROWERS (SIC) AND SUFFERINGS ARE O'ER/ EACH OF US HOPE TO JOIN AT LAST/ ON THE BEAUTIFUL HEAVENLY SHORE. (EPITAPH. VERLA HODGES PAPERS 1979. NASHVILLE ROOM

 

 

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