IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Samuel Mathews,
WHO DIED MAY 23RD 1893, AGED 49 YEARS.
A LIGHT IS FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD GONE
A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILLED
A PLACE IS VACANT ON OUR HEARTH
WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED.
NOT GONE FROM MEMORY, NOT GONE FROM LOVE,
BUT GONE TO HIS FATHERS HOME ABOVE.
also Maria,
BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE NAMED SAMUEL MATHEWS,
WHO DIED JANUARY 6TH 1928, AGED 85 YEARS.
REST IN PEACE.
also Rose Alice Mathews
WHO DIED AUGUST 15TH 1876, AGED 3 MONTHS.
HOW PLEASING TO FATHER HER BEAUTIFUL FRAME
HOW SWEET TO HER MOTHER THE SOUND OF HER NAME
ON EARTH MORE ENDEARING […] THERE WHERE NONE
AND YET I MUST PART WITH MY DEAR LITTLE ONE.
(St Saviour, Saltley, Birmingham)
Our Family 2 