Among his favorites are the headstones of “Knock” and “Knock” in Illinois, the expired parking meter on the grave of a woman in Okemah, Okla., and the epitaph on Merv Griffin’s monument: “I Will Not Be Right Back After This Message.”
Appreciative of his own mortality, Tipton already has a headstone of his own waiting in the corner of his living room. A wedding gift from his friends, the tombstone is etched with the Find a Grave logo: a large question mark.
“I told my wife that when I’m gone, she can put the word ‘Jim’ on the back and move it around to whatever cemetery she likes,” he says, grinning. “But I’m hoping you don’t find my name on findagrave.com for many years to come.”
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Ive used find a grave but haven't had much luck. But it is a good site, they do a lot of work. I Just haven't had any luck really finding much of my ancestors. But the ones I've found have been pretty cool.
Findagrave is a fantastic website! I rank it right up there with ancestry and familysearch when teaching classes about online genealogy. I have met new cousins and made many wonderful friends using findagrave. Thanks for a great story!
I have had good success finding headstones on find a grave. I have added some also. This is a fabulous website and I really appreciate it. After seeing some headstones of ancestors you realize even more that they lived, had children and died. I More..