Copied from Ann Lander's Column:

DEAR Ann Landers: I'm a cemetery buff and spend many hours every 
week trudging through the cemeteries of Los Angeles County in 
search of odd names.

During my many treks, I have run across scores of off-beat names, 
including: Early Byrd, Watts D. Matter, Skinny Lasagna, Elda 
Berry and Anna Lovely Day.

With all due respect to the deceased, I smile when I run across 
amusing names on grave markers and wonder if the people who had 
to live with those names enjoyed them or felt cursed. It's often 
said that a person is never dead till he or she is forgotten, so 
a lot of these folks with strange names are destined to live forever. 
-- R.H. in Los Angeles

Dear R.H.: Your letter reminded me of a well-known family in Houston 
whose name was Hogg. They named their daughter Ima. This is no joke. 
It actually happened. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. And 
funnier, too.

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(Editor's question...Wasn't there a football player named I.M. Hipp?)