Photo: Brian Chandler
The headstone reads:
In loving memory of
Jessie,
beloved wife of
John Lukes,
who died Ab 27th 5694 August 8th 1934
in her 52nd year.
May her soul rest in peace.
“She stretched out her hand to the poor, yea,
she put forth her hands to the needy.
She opened her mouth with wisdom and the
law of loving kindness was on her tongue.
She looked well to the ways of her
household and ate not the bread of idleness”.
In loving memory of
Murray Lukes
who died on active service June 10th 1942 Sivan 25th 5702Aged 22 years
Deeply mourned and ever remembered by his sorrowing
father, sisters, aunts, uncles, relatives & friends.
May his dear soul rest in peace.
The quotation for Jessie Lukes is from Proverbs 31 v 26-27
Murray Lukes is remembered in Jesmond on J1.25 and in Gosforth on G9.38
