Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

The Assumption of Blessed Mary and St Nicholas, Etchingham

Inscription:

In Loving Memory of
JOHN RUMENS
DIED NOVEMBER 8TH 1900
AGED 62 YEARS
AFFLICTION SORE LONG TIME HE BORE
PHYSICIANS WERE IN VAIN
>TILL GOD WAS PLEASED TO GIVE HIM EASE
AND FREE HIM FROM HIS PAIN
Also of IVA DORATHY
GRANDAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
DIED JANY 22-1897
AGED 5 MONTHS
"SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME"
Also of MARYWHO DIED JULY 16TH 1917.

Monument details:

Type: Stone grave marker (external).

Monument Condition: Good.

Inscription Condition: Poor.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Rumens.

First Name(s): John.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: 08 Nov 1900.

Age: 62.

Comments:

The stone is deteriorating badly at the base - some of the inscription has already flaked off.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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