Category Archives: Symbolism

The Latin Cross

Posted on February 29, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

CHRISTINE WILLIAMS BIDDLE Born August 28, 1860 Died January 24, 1944 The plain white marble Latin cross marks the grave of Christine Williams Biddle in the Laurel Hill Cemetery at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Latin cross is universally recognized as the … Continue reading →

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The Fleury Cross

Posted on February 28, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

TIS A HARSH WORLD IN WHICH AFFECTION KNOWS NO PLACE TO TREASURE UP ITS LOVED AND LOST BUT THE LONE GRAVE. The cross is one of the most common symbols found in cemeteries. It is a Christian symbol that comes … Continue reading →

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The Flint Granite Company

Posted on February 24, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

IN MEMORY OF A FOND FATHER JOHN LUDIN DEVOTED HUSBAND OF AGNES DEMANGEAT LUDIN BORN SEPT. 24TH, 1827. DIED DEC 13TH, 1903 — IN MEMORY OF A LOVING MOTHER AGNES DEMANGEAT LUDIN WIFE OF JOHN LUDIN BORN DEC. 11TH 1821; … Continue reading →

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The Tree of Life

Posted on February 18, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

A bright highly-polished white marble family tombstone in the Elmwood Cemetery at Charlotte, North Carolina, depicts an intricately carved Tree of Life. In funerary art the Tree of Life represents earthly or heavenly spiritual life with its meaning coming from … Continue reading →

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Doppelganger Revisited

Posted on January 19, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

Doppelganger is a word that refers to two people who look the same.  Look-a-likes.   It is a German word that translates to “double goer”.  Popular television shows run photos next to each other showing actors and actresses together to show … Continue reading →

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The Lamb and the Sea Shell

Posted on January 16, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

EULIS CALLOWAY FEB. 1, 1900 FEB. 27, 1932 Gone but not forgotten. This small square-top soft white marble tablet in the Elmwood Cemetery at Charlotte, North Carolina, shows a lamb, nestled into a sea shell.  The shell is a symbol of … Continue reading →

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The Wreath

Posted on January 15, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

Various gravestones in the Elmwood Cemetery at Charlotte, North Carolina, display a wreath. The wreath on the William E. Beaver (May 7, 1871 – January 29, 1949) and Nancy J. Joyner Beaver (February 19, 1871 – June 25, 1939) family … Continue reading →

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Monument to Heroism

Posted on January 12, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

  ERECTED OCTOBER 10, 1883 BY THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN OF CHARLOTTE AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THEIR DEAR COMRADES — FIRE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED MAY 20, 1875 — INDEPENDENT HOOK AND LADDER CO. ORGANIZED AUGUST 4, 1868 — PIONEER FIRE COMPANY … Continue reading →

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Woodsmen

Posted on January 9, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

As the story goes, while listening to a Sunday sermon at the First Congregational Church in Lyons (now Clinton), Iowa, given by Pastor Sydney Crawford, Joseph Cullen Root heard the pastor tell a parable about the good that came from … Continue reading →

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The Stone

Posted on January 3, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

THE TWELVE GATES WERE TWELVE PEARLS, REV. 21:21 “TO-DAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.” LUKE 23:43 FRANK HAMILTON, 1853 – 1947, RESTING CARRIE HAMILTON, 1852 – 1908, RESTING ELBERTINE R. HAMILTON, 1862 – 1958, DEVOTED DISCIPLE Two monuments, … Continue reading →

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