Ross, I am assuming that the Tombstone Inscriptions are not on line. Perhaps I can get someone to look for me. The name I was told is Pearly Riley Crow; it could be Mary Pearl Riley Crow. I visit the area a couple of time a years and will go up again this spring for Memorial Day to put flowers on various family members graves. I will be in Halltown and Aurora so can drop by Mt. Vernon and see about the book. Thanks for the info. Pat Miller Dallas, TX Ross Cameron wrote: >Pat, > >The tombstone inscriptions at the Sanatorium Graveyard are listed in Lawrence County, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 2, pp. 65-66. There are over 100 names but also several with markers only. What was your sister's name? > >If you know the year she died or within five years, you can order her death certificate from the Missouri State Vital Records Office in Jefferson City. > >The Missouri State Sanatorium which was first opened for TB patients in 1907 has undergone name changes in the last thirty two years: Missouri State Chest Hospital in 1971, then Missouri Rehabilitation Center with space leased to Missouri Veterans' Home, and a Federal VA medical facility at times. > >Contact information was posted some time ago. I contacted them but never received a reply. There was a short History of the Sanatorium published in the 1950s, but it is not indexed. > >Ross Cameron > > > >>>>[email protected] 03/31/03 05:50PM >>> >>>> >>>> >How does someone get to look at or enquire about the death records from >the Sanatorium at Mt. Vernon, Mo? My Dad's sister died there in the >1930's and I would like to know exactly when she died and whether she >was buried by them or if I need to look elsewhere. Do I have to be a >relative to enquire about someone that was a patient there? >Pat Miller >Dallas, TX > > > >==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== >More Lawrence County information can be found at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >* > > > > > >==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== >Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. >Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. >http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >