Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St Andrew, Alfriston

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
ELLEN STELLA
THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF
F. & E. HUMPHREY.
WHO FELL ASLEEP JULY 8TH 1929
AGED 3½ YEARS
SHE WAS AS GOOD AS SHE WAS FAIR
NO ONE ON EARTH ABOVE HER
AS ALIVE IN THOUGHT AS ANGELS ARE
TO KNOW HER WAS TO LOVE HER.

Monument details:

Type: Stone grave marker (external).

Monument Condition: Good.

Inscription Condition: Good.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Humphrey.

First Name(s): Ellen Stella.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: 08 Jul 1929.

Age: 3.5.

Comments:

Reading of last line uncertain from photograph.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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