They Don't Unmake 'Em Like They Used To
by Bryce Martin


Excerpt from a 1915 obit regarding a former Cookeville, Tenn., citizen:


(name omitted) as he was familiarly called by his large circle of friends, who were limited only to the extent of his acquaintance, was the very embodiment of the whole-souled, hospitably natured, generous-hearted Southern gentleman, and will be as greatly missed by all classes of people in his town and community as any other one man who could have been taken away.

Not a bad inscription:

Here Lies
Ded Ingone

Whole-Souled
Hospitably Natured
Generous-Hearted

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