Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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Mrs Annie Brooks

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Annie
Surnames: Brooks
Date of Death: 08/10/1937
Burial Date: 11/10/1937
Age at Death Years: 75
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 031 B1/C1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section E Plot 1221
Grave Description: Large upright headstone with concave shoulders, floral motif central top of stone and lead lettering. Surrounding plain kerbstones. Stone urn in centre of grave.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: In very overgrown area of the cemetery, partially cleared in March 2018 to enable reading of inscription.
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Newspaper and Burial records

Inscription:

IN
EVER LOVING MEMORY
OF
JAMES SMALLEY MEARS,
DIED MAY 26TH 1891
AGED 56 YEARS.

ALSO OF HIS SON
JAMES ALBERT,
DIED NOVEMBER 7TH 1896,
AGED 32 YEARS.
INTERRED IN MELATEN CEMETERY, COLOGNE.

AND OF HIS WIFE
ANN MEARS
DIED DECEMBER 27TH 1914,
AGED 77 YEARS.

AND OF HIS SON-IN-LAW
FREDERICK BROOKS,
DIED JULY 30TH 1919,
AGED 58 YEARS.

THE CUP IS BITTER, THE BLOW SEVERE
TO PART WITH THOSE WE LOVE SO DEAR,
THE CROSS IS HEAVY WE'LL NOT COMPLAIN,
BUT TRUST IN CHRIST TO MEET AGAIN.

AND OF HIS DAUGHTER
ANNIE BROOKS
DIED OCTOBER 8TH 1937,
AGED 75 YEARS.

THE MEMORY OF THE JOYS WE SHARED,
THOSE HAPPY DAYS TOGETHER,
STILL BINDS US IN THE LOVE DIVINE,
THAT DEATH CAN NEVER SEVER.

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
Mears & Brooks March 2018
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
Mears & Brooks March 2018
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: Funeral

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