Richard and Grace Gynn's gravestone in Warbstow churchyard

Richard & Grace Gynn's gravestone
Elizabeth Trease nee Gynn's parents are buried in Warbstow Churchyard close to Elizabeth's grave. Her mother died almost 16 years after her and her father died in the year following that. Her parents' gravestone, shown opposite, bears a rather special joint, side by side, inscription:-

IN
Memory

of
RICHARD GYNN
of Treswen
in this Parish

WHO DIED 15th JANR'Y
1872,
Aged 88 years
~~~
WEEP NOT FOR ME MY FRIENDS SO DEAR
WHOM I HAVE LEFT BEHIND
I HAVE A HOPE, I NEED NOT FEAR.
AT DEATH I WAS RESIGN'D.

~~~
IN
Memory

of
GRACE WILLIAMS
GYNN

Wife of Richard Gynn
WHO DIED 1st JULY
1871,
Aged 77 years
~~~
DEAR CHILDREN AND EACH GRANDCHILD TOO
FAREWELL FOR WE MUST BID ADIEU,
PREPARE FOR DEATH MAKE NO DELAY.
BE WISE TAKE HEED AND WATCH AND PRAY.

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