EASTERN FACE
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH
WIFE OF JOHN SUTCLIFFE OF CASTLECOMER
WHOSE MORTAL REMAINS LIE HERE INTERRED
ON MARCH 21ST 1885 IN THE 68TH YEAR OF HER AGE
ANTICIPATING A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION
SHE MEEKLY RESIGNED HER LOVING SPIRIT
TO THE HANDS OF HER BLESSED REDEEMER
WHO THROUGH LIFE AS IN DEATH HAD CONSTANTLY BEEN
HER FAITHFUL REFUGE AND HER SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE
PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS
THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED
WESTERN FACE
ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THIS MONUMENT
ARE NOW ALSO INTERRED
WITH THOSE OF HIS WIFE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF
JOHN SUTCLIFFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCT 27TH 1873
AGED 75 YEARS
HE DIED AS HE LIVED AT PEACE WITH GOD AND WITH MAN
HERE ALSO ARE THE REMAINS OF
MARGARET SUTCLIFFE ALIAS BROWN
HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW
WHO DIED NOV 6 1899 AGED 64 YEARS
ALSO IN THE ADJOINING GRAVE TO THE NORTH
LIE THE REMAINS OF
WILLIAM COOPER SUTCLIFFE
THE TALENTED HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
AND SON OF THE ABOVE JOHN SUTCLIFFE
OF KILTOWN CASTLECOMER
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY 18TH 1910
AGED 86 YEARS
The photograph shows the Eastern face of the headstone.
Recorded by the Freshford Group