Mrs Clara Watts

TO THE LOVING MEMORY OF
THE REV. JOHN WILLIAM WATTS. M.A.
FOR 38 YEARS VICAR OF BICESTER,
IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD
HE ENTERED INTO REST
ON AUGUST 14TH 1889
AGED 83 YEARS

"CALLED THROUGH DIVINE GRACE IN EARLY LIFE
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE GOSPEL,
HE COUNTED ALL THINGS BUT LOSS FOR CHRIST,
AND SEEKING TO WALK IN HIS SAVIOUR'S FOOTSTEPS,
HIS HIGHEST HAPPINESS WAS IN THE WORK
OF STRIVING TO WIN SOULS TO HIM.
IN THIS LABOUR OF LOVE HE CONTINUED
UNTIL A SHORT TIME BEFORE HE WAS PERMITTED
TO ENTER HIS HEAVENLY HOME"
"AS FOR ME I WILL BEHOLD THY FACE IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS: I SHALL BE SATISFIED WHEN
I AWAKE WITH THY LIKENESS" PS.XVII,15

ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CLARA WATTS, RELICT OF THE ABOVE
SHE ENTERED INTO HER REST
ON MARCH 2ND 1915,
AGED 87 YEARS.

At base of main stone

BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD
THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS,
AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM. REV XIV 13