Worcester, Massachusetts

Golf Forever:  He must have prayed mightily from every course he ever golfed: Please God guide the ball to the green! Now, he is in God's care. Hope Cemetery. [2013]

Lumberton, North Carolina

Golf Forever:  He probably dreamed of playing golf with the big boys: The King, The Golden Bear, The Great White Shark, Champagne Tony. Now, guess who he's playing with: the big boy upstairs!  Meadowbrook Cemetery. [2011]

Duncannon, Pennsylvania

Golf Forever:  How many people have ever scored three holes-in-one on a single day? That's probably worth a little postmortem bragging. [2014]

Big Coppitt Key, Florida

Gone Fishing with the Lord:  Fill in your own epitaph:  "Gone _____ with the Lord." Then sketch out your own eternal landscape. Southern Keys Cemetery. [2014]

Selma, Alabama

Gone Fishing with the Lord:  "Lord this is my last cast I most humbly pray. Now in your safe landing net peacefully asleep, in your mercy you'll judge me as big enough to keep." Flyrod King. Live Oak Cemetery New. [2013]

Blythe, California

Gone Fishing with the Lord:  "The Lord invited me fishing and that was an invitation I could not refuse." Palo Verde Cemetery. [2015]

Cynthiana, Kentucky

Caught the Big One:  "Forever the fish bite in heaven." That fish is as big as the boat. Battle Grove Cemetery. [2015]

Vienna, Missouri

Caught the Big One: In Missouri's Ozarks, life is all about the water. Rader United Methodist Church Cemetery. [2015]

Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

Caught the Big One:  Looks like a big-mouth bass, doesn't it? Bet he is reeling them in one after another in his new life. Bet his friend is there to help, too. Dillsburg Cemetery. [2013]

Jedburg, South Carolina

Gone Fishing:   For him, a boat and a fishing pole. For her, a rocker and yarn. Therein may lie the secret to a happy marriage! Jedburg Baptist Church Cemetery. [2012]

Port Penn, Delaware

Gone Fishing:  There's only one person in that boat, and there's one big blank space where his wife's name should be. What's the story? Hickory Grove Cemetery. [2013]

Granby, Quebec

Gone Fishing:  Be back at dark-thirty! Or maybe they won't be back at all. How do you envision eternity? Granby Cemetery. [2011]

Wellsville, New York

The Promise of the Wind Waker:  "The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails." So said Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. Will your circumnavigation end in the same port where you started? Have you charted your course to your final port of call, wherever it might be? Woodlawn Cemetery. [2013]