Grave of John Grayston

Lister Lane Cemetery

In Memory of     JOHN GRAYSTON, OF HALIFAX, WHO DIED 6TH FEBY 1865, AGED 29 YEARS.     Kind as a Husband, as a Friend sincere, A loving Father, to his children dear; Respected most by those who knew him best, He died lamented, and his memory blest.     ALSO MARY HOLMES, DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED 30TH MAY 1862, AGED 1 YEAR & 8 MONTHS.     ALSO HERBERT, SON OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED 30TH APRIL 1865, AGED 11 MONTHS.     "They live whom we call dead."