Archive for the 'Last Words/Tombstones' Category

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CODA: James Whale

Monday, February 18th, 2008

His last words were written on a suicide note:
“The future is just old age and illness and pain… I must have peace and this is the only way.”
—He was the director of the classic horror films of the 30’s, Frankenstin and Bride of Frankenstein. He was found dead, floating in his backyard pool. The [...]

CODA: Benazir Bhutto

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

These were the last words of Pakistan’s future hope:  
“Long live Bhutto,” Benazir Bhutto shouted, waving to the crowd surging around her car. They were her last words before three gunshots rang out and she slumped back on to her seat.
—From the London Telegraph
(Thanks to Paul LaTour for this entry)

CODA: Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)

Monday, October 8th, 2007

His last words were:
“No.”
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish inventor who worked in the United States for most of his life. While he is most famous for creating the telephone, Bell also held an appointment as a professor of vocal physiology at Boston University. There, he fell in love with and married one of [...]

CODA: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (1755-1793)

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Her last words were:
“Pardonnez-moi, monsieur.”
Marie Antoinette was the wife of King Louis XVI. She was convicted of treason following the Revolution and sentenced to death by beheading. As she approached the guillotine, she accidentally stepped on the foot of her executioner.
(From Last Words)

Tombstones: Zeke

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

His epitaph reads:

Here lies a man named Zeke.
Second fastest draw in Cripple Creek.
(From an epitaph in Silver City, Nevada or possibly in Cripple Creek, Colorado) (Thanks to Webpanda.com)

Coda: Angel Resendiz

Monday, February 26th, 2007

His last words before being executed were:
“Yes sir. I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. You don’t have to. I know I allowed the devil to rule my life. I just ask you to forgive me and ask the Lord to forgive me for allowing [...]

Tombstones: A Lawyer in England

Monday, February 12th, 2007

His epitaph reads:
Sir John Strange.
Here lies an honest lawyer.
And that is Strange.

CODA: Lionel Herrera

Monday, February 5th, 2007

His last words before being executed by lethal injection in Texas were:
“I am innocent, innocent, innocent. Make no mistake about this. I owe society nothing. I am an innocent man and something very wrong is taking place tonight.”.
–He died May 12, 1993

Tombstones: The Unknown Atheist

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

His Epitaph reads from a cemetary in Thurmont, Maryland:

Here lies
an Atheist
All dressed up
And no place to go.

CODA: James Brown (1933-2006)

Monday, January 8th, 2007

His last words were:
So good! So good! Hyuhh!
(okay. bad joke. sorry. I don’t know what his last words were.)

CODA: Saddam Hussein (1937-2006)

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

His last words were:
“Muqtada.”
As his executioners placed a noose around his neck, Hussein blanched but betrayed no emotion, [Iraqi High Tribunal Judge Munir] Haddad said.
Hussein refused to wear a hood. The charged silence that settles over the execution chamber was broken by an exchange between Hussein and four guards, who were apparently followers [...]

Tombstones: James Stewart

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006

Jimmy Stewart was a very popular and beloved actor who is best known for his role as George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” voted by the American Film Institute as the most inspiring motion picture ever made.

I love watching this movie during Christmastime; it shows how valuable just one person can be and the [...]

A Christmas Story: Warden Cain

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

In an article from the wonderful weekly news magazine, WORLD, writer Marvin Olasky profiles a prison warden at maximum security Louisiana State Penetentiary who brings his Christian values to work—and details how God is moving in “America’s worst prison” and “the bloodiest prison in the south.” He writes, “Who knows how evangelism could affect the [...]

CODA: Ludwig van Beethoven

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

His last words were:
“Friends applaud, the comedy is finished.”
The famous composer died March 26, 1827

Tombstones: Ellen Shannon

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Her epitaph reads:
Who was fatally burned
March 21, 1870
by the explosion of a lamp
filled with “R.E. Danforth’s
Non-Explosive Burning Fluid”
-From a grave in Girard, Pennsylvania

Coda: Farley Matchett

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Before he was executed for robbery and murder on Sept. 12, 2006, Farley’s last words were:
To my family and my mother and my three precious daughters, I love you all. And to my brother and sister for standing with me throughout this situation. Stay strong and know that I’m in a better [...]

Tombstones: Johnny Yeast

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

An epitaph from a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery:
Here lies
Johnny Yeast
Pardon me
For not rising.

CODA: James Rodges

Monday, November 20th, 2006

His last words were:
“Why yes — a bulletproof vest.”

–James Rodges, murderer, on his final request before the firing squad.

Coda: Johnny Anderson

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Before he was executed in Texas on May 17, 1990, Johnny’s last words were:
“I would like to point out that I have written a statement and the Warden will give you a copy. I still proclaim I am innocent, and that’s all I have to say.”
Read his crime log here from the Texas [...]

Tombstones: Jonathan Blake

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

On an epitaph found in a cemetery in Uniontown, PA.
Here lies the body
of Jonathan Blake.
Stepped on the gas
Instead of the brake.

CODA: George Washington (1732-1799)

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

His last words were:
“Tis well.”
George Washington was a hero of the American Revolution and the first President of the United States. Some have claimed that Washington requested a Bible with his dying breath, but neither his doctors nor his private secretary recorded any such request, and they were all with him until [...]

Tombstones: Thomas Kemp

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

From Larne, Ireland - On a hanged sheep stealer, his epitaph read:
Here lies the body of
Thomas Kemp.
Who lived by wool
and died by hemp.

Tombstones: Jonathan Pease

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

On a grave from the 1880’s in Nantucket, Massachusetts:

Under the sod and under the trees
Lies the body of Jonathan Pease.
He is not here, there’s only the pod:
Pease shelled out and went to God.

CODA: Benito Mussolini

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

His last words were:
“Shoot me in the chest!”
The Italian dictator said this to his executioners.

Tombstones: Ann Mann

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

From a London cemetary, her epitaph reads:
Here lies Ann Mann,
Who lived an old maid
But died an old Mann.
Dec. 8, 1767

CODA: Terry Kath

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

His last words were:
“Don’t worry it’s not loaded.” He said this before playing Russian Roulette.

Kath was a rock musician, co-founder and guitarist of the band Chicago.

Tombstones: Rastus Sominy

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

This epitaph, from Savannah, Georgia reads:
Here lies old Rastus Sominy
Died a-eating hominy
In 1859 anno domini

-From webpanda.com

Coda: Henry Ward Beecher

Friday, August 25th, 2006

His last words were: “Now comes the mystery.”

Henry Ward Beecher was a prominent, theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and famous speaker. He died March 8, 1887

CODA: Nostradamus (Michel de Notre Dame) 1503-1566

Friday, August 4th, 2006

His last words were:
“Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here.”

Brief bio:

Tombstones: Psychic

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006


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