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    1. [PAFRANKL] Epitaph
    2. Mike & Tammy
    3. This had nothing to do with my family but was in a cemetery in Gwinnett Co., GA. My wife and I found it while searching for some of he ancestors. His name was Ellie Frank Rollinson and I cannot read the date of death or birth in the picture I took. I usually do not pass on things like this but this one touched me. Hats off to all our veterans. Mike ROLLINSON AMONG THE REST, THEY GAVE THEIR BEST AS THEY LOWER ME INTO MY GRAVE, LET NOT A TEAR BE SHED I FOUGHT TO KEEP MY COUNTRY FREE AND NOW MY LORD I'M COMING TO SEE, FOR JUST MY BODY'S DEAD AS THEY FOLD THE FLAG AND FIRE THE SHOTS, LET NO EMOTION SHOW STAND FIRM AND BRAVE BESIDE THE GRAVE, AND LISTEN AS THE BUGLES BLOW WEEP NOT FOR ME AS YOU WALK AWAY, TURN NOT FOR ONE LAST LOOK AS THE HAUNTING STRAINS OF "TAPS" REMAIN PRESS A KISS UPON YOUR HOLY BOOK THE SPADES WILL SOFTLY TURN THE SOIL AS I WING AWAY WITH GOD THE DIGGERS WILL REFILL THE PIT 'TILL SIGNS OF DEATH RETRACT FROM IT AND REPLACE THE TORN SOD AS YEARS GO BY AND MEMORIES FADE, MY STONE SHALL STAND ERECT AMONG THE REST WHO GAVE THEIR BEST OUR FREEDOM TO PROTECT

    01/28/2000 03:15:00