Grave of Mr & Mrs Levi Haigh

Steep Lane Baptist Chapel, Sowerby

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH THE BELOVED WIFE OF LEVI HAIGH BORN SEPTEMBER 11TH 1866 DIED FEBRUARY 13TH 1935    ALSO OF THE AFORESAID LEVI HAIGH BORN AUGUST 22ND 1861 DIED MARCH 25TH 1935    HE WAS GREATLY DEVOTED TO THE SERVICE OF CHRIST AT STEEP LANE FOR AFTER BEING A SCHOLAR HE HELD THE POSITION OF TEACHER FOR 54 YEARS, AND SERVED AS DEACON FOR 45 YEARS, THUS GIVING PROOF OF HIS LOYALTY AND DEVOTION TO HIS MASTER LAY PREACHER, POET AUTHOR HE MINISTERED TO NEEDS OF MIND AND SOUL INTENT THAT ALL SOULS SHOULD REACH LIFES HIGHEST GOAL    "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD" REV.XIV.L