Gratiot County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Cresswell, Thomas J.  JD 
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Cemetery:           Oak Grove Cemetery
Name:               Thomas J.  JD Cresswell

Date Of Photograph: April 1, 2010
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Headstone located in Cutler Hill Block R Lot 72  

THOMAS J. CRESSWELL JD 
1946 - 2006

Inscription on front of headstone:

UNDER THE WIDE AND STARRY SKY
DIG THE GRAVE AND LET ME LIE
GLADLY DID I LIVE AND GLADLY DIE
AND I LAID ME DOWN WITH A WILL 

THIS BE THE VERSE YOU CARVE FOR ME 
HERE HE LIES WHERE HE LONGED TO BE
HOME IS THE SAILOR, HOME FROM THE SEA
AND THE HUNTER HOME FROM THE HILL

                             RLS

Note: Thomas J. Cresswell date of birth March 14, 1946 and date of death 
January 3, 2006 (SSDI)



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