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Emma's Life was Craved (Today's Epitaph)

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Emma Lenora
Wife of J. L. Burnett
Nov 29, 1898
Dec 3, 1922

In love she lived,
In peace she died.
Her life was craved,
But God denied.

Trinity Church Cemetery
Gwinnett County, Georgia
2011

Comments

Darla M Sands said…
What a lovely epitaph! Sad, of course, yet lovely. Thank you for sharing.
PJ said…
Love it - so poetic. Thanks for sharing with us.
Melanisingletary@gmail.com said…
Emma Lenora Roberts Burnett was 24 years old when she passed away leaving husband, James Leonard Burnett, a farmer, with 3 daughters, Virginia, aged 4, Irene, 22 months, and infant baby, Lenora just 10 days old, also born on her mother's birthday. Irene was my mother-in-law. Their mother, Emma, we've been told was sweet, loving, and a good wife and mother. Irene was the spitting image of her mother.