Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
RYDE SOCIAL HERITAGE GROUP
Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
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Ryde Cemetery

Mrs Louisa Guy

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Louisa
Surnames: Guy
Date of Death: 07/12/1912
Burial Date: 12/12/1912
Age at Death Years: 74
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 039 A3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section F Plot 1603
Grave Description: Upright arched headstone with leaf decoration and decorative IN motif at top of stone. Engraved lettering. Surrounding high plain kerbstones. Grass covered plot
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Heavy orange and yellow lichen make inscription difficult to read. Faint lettering for epitaph makes it illegible in places
Other Information: Added burial date and status, source: Registrars and Burial records

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
EMMA MATILDA GUY.
WHO SWEETLY FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS
FEBRUARY 1 1895.
IN THE 32ND YEAR OF HER AGE

OH CALL IT NOT DEATH TIS A HOLY SLEEP
AND THE PRECIOUS DUST THE LORD DOTH KEEP
SHE SHALL WAKE AGAIN AND HOW SATISFIED
WITH THE LIKENESS OF HIM OR HER WHO DIED
AS HE ROSE AGAIN SHE SHALL ALSO RISE
FROM THE QUIET BED WHERE NOW SAFE SHE LIES
illegible 2 lines of text

ALSO OF HER MOTHER
LOUISA GUY
DIED DECEMBER 7TH 1912
AGED 74 YEARS.

Photographs:

Rob Cain
E & L Guy March 2017
Photographer: Rob Cain
Rob Cain
E & L Guy (2) March 2017
Photographer: Rob Cain

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