A SOUTH Elmsall couple had a shock when they dug up a headstone in their garden.
Roy and Carole Moss, of Ash Grove, were digging up flagstones under their dog's kennel when they came across the stone, which bears the
inscription: 'In loving memory of a dear daughter and sister,
Mollie Cooke, died July 1964, aged 22 years'.
T
he couple then got in touch with the manufacturer of the stone, Oxleys, and discovered it had once been in place in Hemsworth Cemetery.
A visit to the grave made the whole situation even more mysterious as there is already a headstone there – but this one also bears the name of
Mollie Cooke's five-week-old baby, who died two years before she did.
And in a bizarre twist to the story, the kennel that the headstone was under belongs to the couple's dog – also called Molly.
Mrs Moss, 48, said: "When my daughter told me her dad had found a headstone under Molly's kennel and it was for a girl who was also called Mollie I thought it was a joke.
"We would like to return the stone to its rightful owner. Mollie must be related to someone and it doesn't seem fair or right to do anything else with it."
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