In Loving Remembrance / of / ERNEST EDWARD / DEARLY BELOVED SON OF / MR & MRS E. MUDFORD / DIED APRIL 11TH 1900 / AGED 17 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS / THE LORD GAVE / AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY / BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD / WE HAD A TREASURE ONCE / WHO WAS OUR JOY AND PRIDE / WE LOVED HIM AH: PERHAPS TOO WELL / FOR SOON HE SLEPT AND DIED / ALL IS DARK WITHIN OUR DWELLING / LONELY ARE OUR HEARTS TO DAY / FOR THE ONE WE LOVED SO DEARLY / HAS FOREVER PASSED AWAY