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Another twist in tale of the missing tombstone PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Thursday, 08 June 2006
By DANIEL BATEMAN

09 June 2006
WHY would this Australian mega rockstar want to wish the woman behind this tombstone well? Because she's his great great aunt.

In another incredible twist in the case of the missing tombstone, the Townsville Bulletin was informed yesterday that multi-ARIA award winning artist Bernard Fanning has a close family connection to Elizabeth (Lil) Fanning, who died nearly 100 years ago.

Her tombstone was stolen from a graveyard in Sellheim, near Charters Towers, and discovered in the backyard of Townsville 'death collector' Blair Agar two months ago.

It is now planned to be returned to the Sellheim graveyard from where it was taken.

As it turns out, the father of the lead singer of Powderfinger is the nephew of Lil -- a connection revealed to us by his great aunt Beryl Atkinson, who lives in Townsville.

Ms Atkinson said she remembered seeing her Aunty Lil's gravesite, and its headstone, on journeys to and from Charters Towers.

"I find this all very funny because it was there after the war," she said.

"The way I remembered it, you were driving from the Towers to Townsville, and the (Daydawn) Hotel was there on the right hand side of the highway. Further up on the left hand side of the highway was this plot which had a wrought iron fence around it, which my mother and father always said belonged to my Aunt Lil, which I had never met, but had died very young."

Ms Atkinson said she did not know how or why it was removed from the graveyard, but estimated it left the cemetery sometime after World War II.

"Someone told me they were going to refurbish the cemetery and the only thing my sister-in-law and I were concerned about, if they moved the tombstone, we would like to know out of respect for my father and his family, whether we may be present when they do it," she said.

Ms Atkinson said she was not aware of any musical gene within the family.

"I'm a Dylan fan, but no rockstar," she joked.

Brisbane-based Bernard Fanning is best known as the lead singer of Aussie rockers Powderfinger.

Fanning's first solo album, Tea and Sympathy, debuted on the Australian ARIA albums chart at number one last year.

Hermit Park death collector Blair Agar, who bought Ms Fanning's tombstone from the Townsville tip more than 10 years ago, had this to say yesterday when we informed him of the rockstar connection: "You're kidding me?! This thing just keeps getting more and more bizarre. I feel honoured now. I'm glad it's all turning out for the family."

http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,19411784%255E14787,00.html
 
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