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Ryde Cemetery

Mr John Bevis

Title: Mr
Forenames: John
Surnames: Bevis
Date of Death: 04/04/1885
Age at Death Years: 65
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 032 D1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section B Plot 97
Grave Description: Upright stone, ornate shoulders, flower design embedded at top.

Grave Condition Description: Leaning backwards, lettering eroded, lichen spots.

Old Website Grave ID: 7295

Inscription:

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
IN PURE HOPE
JOHN BEVIS
WHO DIED APRIL 4TH 1885
AGED 65 YEARS
"THY SPIRIT SHALL RETURN UNTO GOD WHO GAVE IT"
"BLESS THE LORD O MY SOUL
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
WHICH HOPE WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL
AND SO WE SHALL EVER BE WITH THE LORD"

ALSO OF ELIZABETH BEVIS
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED FEB 8TH 1900
AGED 78 YEARS
"WE SHALL SLEEP BUT NOT FOREVER
THERE WILL BE A GLORIOUS DAWN
WE SHALL MEET TO PART NO NEVER
ON THE RESURRECTION MORN"

Photographs:

David Earle
J Bevis 03.10.09
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
J Bevis
Photographer: David Earle

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