Susan E. Bell - St. Paul Cemetery - Center, Missouri
Posted by: BruceS
N 39° 30.163 W 091° 36.332
15S E 619892 N 4373494
Zinc headstone for teenage girl at the St. Paul Cemetery in rural Ralls county about four miles west of Center, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMHWRR
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2013
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Grave is in family plot at the St. Paul Cemetery which located adjacent to the former St. Paul Catholic Church. The cemetery dates to the formation of the parish in 1828 and the present church building dates to 1860.
The gravestone has ivy etched into the zinc around the top and on the back has a cross in its center.
Text of the gravestone:
Susan E.
Daughter Of
Saml. & E.E.
Bell,
Born
Dec. 12, 1863
Died
July 13, 1881
May
She Rest In Peace
Amen
Remember Friends
As You Pass By,
As you Are Now So
Once Was I,
As I Am Now So You
Must Be,
Prepare For Death
And Follow Me.