Rev. John Drayton THOMAS
Forename(s): John Drayton
Surname: THOMAS
Date of birth: 1836 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 20 Apr 1903
Age at death: 67 years
Interred at Ramsgate - date etc of death from National Probate Clender
Also on this marker:
Newport Cemetery
Image by: Tony Barton
Inscription
East face:IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CHARLES DORE,
BORN MAY 6TH 1812,
DIED JANUARY 20TH 1887.
AND OF HIS WIFE
ANN DORE,
BORN DECEMBER 13TH 1815.
DIED AUGUST 22ND 1893
BLESSED IS HE THAT CONSIDERETH THE POOR
North face:
In
Loving Memory
of the
REV. NICHOLAS KELYNACK,
WESLEYAN MINISTER
BORN FEBRUARY 10TH 1838.
DIED DECEMBER 5TH 1910.
ALSO ANNE WESLEY KELYNACK,
HIS BELOVED WIFE,
BORN AUGUST 24TH 1845.
DIED JUNE 20TH 1920.
I SHALL SLIP AWAY IN THE TWILIGHT,
THEY WILL SAY HE’S GONE TO REST,
BUT A KNOCK AT THE GATES WILL FIND ME,
I SHALL BE HOME – WITH THE BLEST.
South face:
In Memory of
THE REV. J.D.THOMAS
AND HIS WIFE SARAH JANE
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF MR AND MRS DORE
BOTH INTERRED IN THE CEMETERY
AT RAMSGATE, KENT.
CALL IT NOT DEATH BUT GREATER LIFE BEGUN.
Transcription by: Tony Barton
