Possible Clues:

• Give account of (story)
• What an obituary sets out to tell one, perhaps
• Tell associate
• Tell about the time gone by
• This will tell you something of one that is no longer here
• This will tell us something about those that have gone
• Give one the story of those who are in the grave
• Has the high churchman lost his head? That'd be telling
• What does this tell you about those who have passed away?
• Report delayed by engineers