Ryde Cemetery
Mr George Downer
Title: Mr
Forenames: George
Surnames: Downer
Date of Death: 01/01/1889
Age at Death Years: 58
Map Reference Number: RSHG 038 C2
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section C Plot 313
Grave Description: UPRIGHT STONE, CURVED SHOULDERS
Grave Condition Description: Badly weathered, lichen at top and bottom, some lettering eroded
Old Website Grave ID: 6548
Inscription:
IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
GEORGE DOWNER
WHO PEACEFULLY FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS
ON NEW YEARS DAY 1889
AGED 58
THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY
THE SCHOLARS,TEACHERS AND FRIENDS
OF THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
STAR STREET RYDE
AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM TO ONE WHO FOR 15 YEARS
WAS SUPERINTENDENT OF THEIR SUNDAY SCHOOL
WE SHALL ALL MEET AT HOME IN THE MORNING
ON THE SHORES OF THE BRIGHT CHRISTIAN SEA,
WITH THE LOVED ONES WHO LONG HAVE BEEN WAITING
WHAT A MEETING INDEED IT WILL BE.
Photographs:
G Downer (May 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
G Downer (May 2009)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
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