A really splendid zinc monument, something like a royal tomb in a medieval cathedral. Since zinc monuments like this seem not to have been made after World War I (although the panel inserts continued to be made for decades), this monument was probably installed before Dr. Smith and Mrs. Smith died, with the appropriate panels ordered later.
August Ernest Succop was interred here in 1931, but if Father Pitt had to guess, he would say that Mr. Succop had this mausoleum built for himself yeas before that. It has the correctly Doric style of the first part of the twentieth century. A good stained-glass window of the risen Christ is inside.
General Alexander Hays was something of a big deal in the Civil War, and we refer you to his Wikipedia article for more details. He died in 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness. His monument, donated by his men, is a soldier’s monument through and through: eagle on top, crossed swords and banners, victor’s wreath, and the whole plot surrounded by upended cannons.
The epitaph is from “The Bivouac of the Dead,” a famous poem by Theodore O’Hara, who fought on the side of the Confederacy in the Civil War. But it was a favorite poem for dead soldiers anyway.
An angel in front of a rustic stone cross, probably erected in about 1890. The angel is a bit chunkily carved, but a more delicate angel would clash with the ruggedness of the rustic cross and boulder-like base.
An imposing Romanesque monument with a good balance of overall form and detail.
