ZINC – Acker and Bowlby, Port Medway, Nova Scotia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Falach-fead
N 44° 07.844 W 064° 34.430
20T E 374096 N 4887597
One of two zinc headstones in Old Port Medway Cemetery along the Atlantic shore in Port Medway, Nova Scotia. This headstone is dedicated to two children of the Bowlby and Acker families.
Waymark Code: WMC4H7
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 07/24/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
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A zinc spire, mounted on 3 zinc plinths, all set upon a concrete base and topped with a vase. This headstone measures about 7 feet in height.

The bottom zinc plinth panels are simulated stone. The middle plinth is smooth with one side dedicated to Lee Bowlby and no wording on the others. The upper zinc plinth is smooth with one side dedicated to Willie Acker and the words Safe in the Arms of Jesus and Sheltered from Sorrow on two of the three remaining sides. The middle sections of the spire are decorated with praying angels, shaking hands, roses and crosses. The upper spire panesl are topped with draped curtains on all four sides. The spire is has a decorative base and vase with a flame at the top.
Headstone text (optional):
Bowlby Text: LEE, SON OF G.A & BERTHA BOWLBY. DROWNED DEC. 30, 1886: AGED 9 Y'RS 26 D’YS FOR EVER AND FOR EVER, ALL IN A BLESSED HOME, AND THERE TO WAIT A LITTLE WHILE, TILL ALL THE LOVED ONES COME. Acker Text: WILLIE, SON OF CAPT.W.F 7 ISABELL ACKER. DIED JAN. 31, 1887: AGED 6 Y’RS & 1 MO’ IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE, WE SHALL MEET, ON THAT BEAUTIFUL SHORE.


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