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Subject: Fw: News Release - Tombstone
Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 16:56:33 -0400

To Durham-Orange Genealogical Society:

I received the following announcement from the Wake County Gen. Soc.
listserv.
Hopefully someone will recognize the information and can assist the Cary
police.

Elizabeth Hamilton

-----Original Message-----

>TOMBSTONE HOME SOUGHT IN CARY
>
>CARY, NC - Cary Police are asking for your help in locating the home of a
100-year old tombstone discovered in a fast food parking lot.
>
>Police were called to the Wendy’s restaurant at 1213 NW Maynard Road about
>6 p.m. on April 21, 2004. There, they found a very light gray marble
>headstone about 2 ft. high and 1 ft wide with a rounded top and a chiseled
>dove toward the top. The inscription reads: Elizabeth Carlton, January 11,
>1849-April 1, 1904.
>
>Since then, Investigators have contacted local cemeteries, genealogists,
>and the NC Department of Archives, all with no luck.
>
>Anyone with information in this matter is encouraged to contact Detective
> Marcus Pearson at (919) 319-4524 or via email at
> .
>
>
>###
>
>PRIMARY CONTACTS:Detective Marcus Pearson, Cary Police, (919) 310-4524
>Captain Kenny Williams, Cary Police, (919) 469-4017
>Bill Coleman, Town Manager, (919) 469-4002
>Susan Moran, Public Information Officer, (919) 460-4951
>

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