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Etta Grigsby Partee, 1884 -1911 Inscription: Warm summer sun shine brightly here Warm southern wind blow gently here Green sod above lie light lie light Good night dear heart, good night, good night. Seated is a portrait of Etta Grigsby Partee holding a garland that drapes across the left side of the memorial. Her right bare foot and shoulder are exposed from under a flowing gown. The memorial was encased in the 1940s with a glass dome that was broken and never replaced. Sculpture: Italian marble; Base: granite. Sculpture: 65 x 41 1/2 x 72 in. Base: 89 c 63 x 8 in. Location: Memphis, TN - Elmwood Cemetery This is the most beautiful monument/sculpture I've ever come across in a cemetery (and I've been to a few). The above is all I am able to find out so far. I want to delve deeper but that means a trip to where obits and such records from that time period are kept. In due time. I think the lovely Ms. Etta Grigsby Partee must not be allowed to fade into obscurity. She had, or at least married into a family of substantial means, most likely with some connection to cotton. From the inscription it's easy to deduce she was much loved. Someone went to great length/effort and expense on this touching memorial. If you sit long enough, look and listen to your own heart these tombs/monuments have much to say. It's not a fascination with death that propels me to cemeteries. On the contrary, it's my infatuation with life that take me there. So while we can...we need to live!

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