Headstone, tall, with oval top. Decorative swirls around top two lines of inscription. Decorative foliage after sixth line of inscription. A horizontal line is inscribed across the stone following the inscription. This is followed by four lines of verse. Finally a second line across the stone under the 4th line of verse. The headstone is partially cracked through near the top left corner.
Sacred to the memory of Thomas LANKFORD formerly of Wilcott who died the 10April 1833 aged 76 years Of all the lines on tombstones found remember this be sure sin gives the conscience such a wound these none but Christ can cure.
[BR - "1833 13 Apr LANKFORD Thomas 76yrs Newland" ]
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