George and Eliza Nicholson burial Metairie Cemetery, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted:  Debbie-lee Hadsall DeLerno
Photos at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/cemmetare.htm

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Source:  photographs taken and text copied from inscriptions 9/18/2001
bronze masthead of "The Picayune" newspaper VOL. LX - No. 129, that they managed,
edited and owned.  They died 11 days apart.  She was first woman editor of major
newspaper in U.S.  Also, a flambeaux torch upright as tomb décor symbolic of "living".

George Nicholson
Manager and Proprietor Of The Picayune
Died Feb. 4, 1896
A man of strong character Integrity and friendship Beloved by all who knew him.

Eliza J. Nicholson
Editor and Proprietor Of The Picayune
Died Feb. 15, 1896
A noble woman, true friend Loving wife, devoted mother And gentle poet.

THEY AE NOT HERE FOR THEY ARE RISEN