Barb Stover of Berrien Springs, Michigan needed help in solving this mystery. Her mom got a phone call from Debra Grant of North Charleston, South Carolina. Someone had driven through Debra’s neighborhood during December 2002 with a basket on top of the car. It fell off and she recovered it. She found an American Sampler Cross-Stitch quilt top along with one of Barb’s brother’s business cards. Debra called the phone number on the business card hoping to locate the owner of the quilt top but the mystery was still unsolved.
Barb went into action. She contacted her local newspaper, the Hearld Palladium, in Benton Harbor, Michigan. They printed the story and the very next day the owner of the missing quilt top, Reatha Coon, called. She had been on her way to Florida when she stopped to visit her grandson in South Carolina. When it came up missing, she thought she left it in Benton Harbor. After several months in Florida, she was dismayed to find out that the quilt was not at home like she thought. Reatha is 80 years young and now that the quilt top has been recovered she plans on finishing it.
