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From: "Caroline" <>
Subject: Re: [AL-CEM] Whiskey Bottle Tombstone
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:20:16 -0500
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Could be, but the reason isn't documented in the book - thanks for a laugh.
CH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Sanford" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [AL-CEM] Whiskey Bottle Tombstone


> He was no doubt drinking because of such a stone cold and vengeful woman!
>
> Jerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caroline <>
> To: <>
> Date: Sunday, April 27, 2003 9:44 AM
> Subject: [AL-CEM] Whiskey Bottle Tombstone
>
>
> : In Clayton, AL, very close to Eufaula on the GA line, in the Clayton
> :Baptist Church Cemetery is the WHISKEY BOTTLE TOMBSTONE.
> : "The bottle-shaped headstone and footstone, which mark the final
> resting
> :place of William T. Mullen (1834 -1863), still contains their original
> :removable stone stoppers. Such a memorial obviously tells a story and
the
> :story behind the stone goes something like this: Mr. Mullen, a local
> :accountant, acquired a reputation as a heavy drinker. His wife, Mary, a
> :devout teetotaler, threatened that if he drank himself to death, she
would
> :let the world know by erecting an appropriate memorial. The Whiskey
Bottle
> :Tombstone testifies that she kept her promise."
> :Alabama, Off the Beaten Path by Gay Martin
> : And I'll "testify" that the tombstone is there -
> : Caroline, Prattville, AL
> :
> :
> :
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