Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carso, Libby Land February 24, 1926
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Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch February 26, 1926
Mrs. Libby Carso, formerly Libby Land, a well-known Norfolk character, who died 
Wednesday in the Mount Sinai hospital, was about to be buried in Potter’s field 
yesterday when friends discovered that she owned a lot in Elmwood cemetery on 
which she had erected a monument over the place that she had selected for her 
grave.
The woman died without leaving any trace of her friends or possessions, and 
after a vain search for relatives or funds, the hospital authorities turned the 
body over to the city for burial. Yesterday the corpse had been taken to the 
pauper’s burial ground when the deed to the cemetery lot was found, in addition 
to a discovery that the woman had an insurance policy for a substantial sum of 
money.
With the finding of the cemetery deed and the insurance policy, friends arranged 
with L. L. Williams, a local undertaker, to provide a more suitable burial, and 
the body was reclaimed from the city and taken to Mr. Williams’ funeral parlors, 
from where the funeral will be held today at 3 o’clock.

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