Woods the Workman

Verbal/Material Lore – Gravestone Epitaph

“Woods the Workman”

English

Frank A. Woods
Tuck Drive Graveyard – Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
October 28th, 2017

Informant Data

Frank A. Woods died in 1917 and is buried with his wife, Mira B. Woods in the Tuck Drive Graveyard.

Contextual Data

At first looking like a secular verse, the epitaph on Woods’ tombstone is actually from the Bible, from 2 Timothy 2:15.

Text

“Workman that needeth not to be ashamed.”

Jack Forrest, 19
350 East Main Street, Purcellville, VA
Hinman Box 1355, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Dartmouth College
Russian 13
Fall of 2017

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