Steeple, Elizabeth

UNDER A FLAT STONE
IN THIS CHURCH-YARD, MARKED E.S.
LIETH THE BODY OF
ELIZABETH STEEPLE,
THE DUTIFUL, BELOVED, AND ONLY DAUGHTER
OF ROBERT. AND SARAH STEEPLE,
OF SHIRLEY;
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 16, 1839,
AGED 38 YEARS.

HER AFFLICTED PARENTS,
DEEPLY MOURNING THEIR HEAVY BEREAVEMENT,
YET HUMBLY HOPING
THAT THROUGH THE MERITS OF CHRIST
THEIR GREAT LOSS IS THEIR ENDLESS GAIN.
HAVE ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL OF THEIR LOVE.
TO COMMEMORATE HER WORK
AND THEIR WOE.