A recent sojourn to a cemetery reminded me that even in death, many people still have something to get off their chests. Yes, I am referring of course to epitaphs. Defined as a phrase or form of words ...

The City of Lubbock Cemetery contains more than 60,000 graves. On many of those headstones, there is only a name and two dates: Those of the person's birth and death. But some headstones tell more ...

Tombstones and epitaphs Recently I said something really stupid (I know, right) and commented to a friend that I wouldn’t want that carved on my headstone. Then, being the self centered smart aleck ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadians are becoming wordier, particularly when it comes to their last words. Alberta-based author Nancy Millar has wandered the country's graveyards and says that over the past ...

FARGO – When Kim Buchholz was studying art at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, she never imagined that one day her canvas would be a headstone or that sand would be her pen. As a layout ...

Your epitaph — the text written on a headstone — is the last thing you can say to the world. Sometimes it's a matter of getting your own account of your life out there. Richard Nixon, disgraced by ...

An epitaph is a single sentence or phrase usually placed on a tombstone. This short comment is supposed to summarize an individual's life or accomplishments in a single phrase. Epitaphs were very ...