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Curved top headstone. Tablet at foot of headstone.

Headstone.

IN LOVIN[G] MEMORY OF
JOHN EDMUND NEWTON
OF GREENFIELD FARM, PORTISHEAD,
WHO ENTERED INTO REST DEC 22ND 1886.
AGED 52 YEARS
"COMPLETE IN HIM."
ALSO OF SOPHIA
RELICT OF T[H]E ABOVE
W[HO] D[IE]D SEPTR [2]1ST 1889, AGED 53.
[SA]FE [I]NTO THE HAVEN GUIDE
O RECEIVE M[Y] SOUL [AT] LAST.
ALSO OF FLORRIE, ONLY AND DEARLY
LOVED CHILD OF THE ABOVE,
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS SEP 11TH 1888
AGED 19 YEARS.
HE SHALL GATHER THE LAMBS WITH HIS ARM.
THEY ARE GOING ONLY GOING,
OUT OF PAIN AND INTO BLISS:
OUT OF SAD AND HUMAN WEAKNESS
INTO PERFECT HOLINESS.
SNOWY BROWS NO CARE SHALL SHADE THEM,
BRIGHT EYES TEARS SHALL NEVER DIM,
ROSY LIPS NO TIME SHALL FADE THEM
JESUS CALLED THEM UNTO HIM.

Tablet.

WILLIAM NEWTON
died February 21st
[1850] Aged [16] Years
Also
JOHN EDMUND NEWTON
died [Dece]mber 22 1886
Aged [52] Years

Ref 1850R337 (William)  1886R495  1888Rxxx  1889R595

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