Grave of Gildroy Dawson

Lister Lane Cemetery



The grave of Gildroy Dawson at Lister Lane Cemetery Plot 1369

Inscription


In
Affectionate Remembrance
of
ANN GARSIDE WADE,
OF HALIFAX, WHO DIED 27TH MARCH 1872,
AGED 72 YEARS.
     
Farewell! dear children, a long farewell!
For we shall meet no more;
Till we are raised with Christ to dwell,
on Zion's happy shore.
     
ALSO OF GILDROY  DAWSON, WHO DIED
21ST APRIL 1888, AGED 52 YEARS.
     
His end was peace.
     
ALSO OF SARAH, WIDOW OF THE ABOVE
GILDROY DAWSON,
WHO DIED 6TH MARCH 1904,
AGED 70 YEARS.
     
"Holy, Holy, Holy."
     
ALSO OF GEORGE WILLIAM, THE BELOVED SON
OF JOHN AND ROSE ROBINSON AND GRANDSON OF
THE ABOVE GILDROY AND SARAH DAWSON,
WHO DIED 26TH DECEMBER 1890, AGED 9 MONTHS.
     
He has gone, what a beautiful flower,
On earth 'twas to (sic) lovely to stay;
like and angel sent to us from Heaven,
To becon (sic) and lead us away.

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