Handwriting on old photograph

[KrisWilson]

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping someone with a keen eye can help me decipher some handwritten text on an old photograph of a family grave.

The writing is on the front of the photo, and I believe it was partially covered by a piece of tape that has since been removed or fallen off. This has left one half of the annotation very faint, while the other half is clearer, although I'm not sure what the word is.

What I can see:

- The clearer part written in blue ink seems to start with an ampersand (&) or (+)
- The fainter part, under where the tape was, is very hard to make out.

I've attached two images:
The original photo so you can see the context.
A high-contrast edited version where I've tried to bring out the faint writing.

Any thoughts on what the full phrase might be would be incredibly helpful.
Thank you in advance for your time and expertise!

[KrisWilson]

Here is the close up high contrast version:

[mckha489]

Young?

No suggestions for the other part sorry.

[shanreagh]

When I try to open the larger picture it comes back with a notation that my system does not support whatever system this photgraph was taken in.

Are you able to re post the larger image please, in a more usual format.

Thanks

[KrisWilson]

Thanks mckha489, it could be Young but I oddly have no family with the surname Young

Hi shanreagh,

I have re-uploaded the image below

[AlanBoyd]

? begins with ‘G’ and ends with ‘y’

[KrisWilson]

My thoughts were it could be Granny but I’m not sure

[haliared]

Looks like Goary to me.

[oldohiohome]

Looks like Goary to me.

I came up with something similar, Goury.

I kind of like Goary better. That name shows up in the Ancestry results when I put in "Goary" "lived in Ireland in 1900." The name Goury shows up in France for the same search.

If you could date the picture, it would help. It looks like it was taken the day of the burial, or a significant anniversary of the death, judging by all the wreaths on the grave.

I wonder where the cemetery is, it would help. Are there people named Goary or Goury living nearby at some time?