Memorials & Inscriptions

Richard Ruston

Location Of Memorial - St Peter & St Pauls Churchyard

Inscription

NEAR THIS PLACE ARE DEPOSITED THE EARTHLY REMAINS
OF MR RICHARD RUSTON.BACHELOR
47 YEARS VICAR'S CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS PARISH.
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JAN 23, 1839. AGED 82 YEARS.
IN LIFE HE WAS HONOURED AND BELOVED: AND IN DEATH LAMENTED
BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. THE POOR NEVER WANTED A FRIEND,
THE DISTRESSED AN ADVISER. THE GOOD A PATTERN. HIS FAITH WAS
BUILT ON THE MERITS OF A SAVIOUR'S ATONEMENT.
AND ITS EVIDENCE WAAS VISIBLE IN HIS LIFE AND CONVERSATION.
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE OF GRATITUDE
BY HIS HUMBLE SERVANT JOHN NEGUS.

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