Believe It or Not - It Happened in Bolivar

Here is the story as it appeared in the New York Mirror on September 14, 1962:

A Headstone carved for the grave of Calvin R. Owens

in 1883 was FINALLY ERECTED in Union Cemetery,

Bolivar, Tennessee in 1962 -

AFTER IT HAD BEEN USED AS A SHELF

IN THE LOCAL RAILROAD STATION FOR 79 YEARS!