headstone
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Roper says a local pub landlord raised money for the headstone and chose the words to place on it: "It's quite... poignant that those words were chosen because it was some mother's son."
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Not included: “A headstone or any other permanent memorial,” the site adds.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025
As he stood at the headstone in St Kentigern's cemetery, where his father, mother and three other siblings already lay, he took a moment to remember Anne.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
The circumstances of the child’s death are eventually established as being bizarre and farcical, and along with a recurring gag involving the epitaph on her little headstone, it’s all supposed to be hilarious.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2022
As I followed her toward the barn, I thought of the headstone on Penikese.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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