59-year-old Lesley Emerson (pictured left) who
died from bowel cancer in 2011, was buried with her favorite things, including
her phone...and then her family began to receive messages from the phone which
they had put in the coffin with her..only happens in the movies?,,I said so too
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Shocked
Sheri Emerson received a message from her beloved dead grandma from 'beyond the
grave' - after a cruel prankster was given her old number. Lesley Emerson, 59,
was buried with her mobile phone because she loved to send her loving family
text messages.
Granddaughter
Sheri and other close family members continued to 'contact' the dead grandma
via SMS as a means of coping with their grief. But a shocked Sheri got a reply
telling her: "I'm watching over you, and it's all going to get better.
"Just push through. Continue..
Lesley's
family was assured her number would never be used again.
But, three
years after her death, O2 gave her old number to another customer - who
answered the messages thinking they were "jokes" from friends.
The new user
then turned prankster - and sent a series of replies when he realised his
number once belonged to a dead person.
Sheri's
blood ran cold until the new owner confessed.
The
22-year-old care worker from South Shields, South Tyneside, said: "I felt
sick when I read it, I was in shock, I didn't know what to think.
"I'd
sent a message on Wednesday night telling her about family life and then I got
the reply on Thursday.
"Obviously
we know that nan wasn't going to ever reply, it was just something we did as a
comfort for ourselves, because she loved to text.
"So you
can imagine what I was thinking seeing a message flash up from her."
Lesley died
of bowel cancer in July 2011 and was buried with her favourite things in South
Shields Harton Cemetery - including her mobile.
During the
last three years, Sheri, along with her father John Emerson, 42, and uncle
Graham Emerson, 29, have sent messages to Lesley's mobile for comfort.
Phone giants
02 assured them the number would be terminated forever.
But several
messages came through last week, with another telling Sheri "not to
worry".
She then
sent another message asking who sent the text, to which she received the
bizarre reply of: "A disturbing vegetarian".
Sheri added:
"The person must have realised what was going on and replied that they
were sorry."
Sheri's
Uncle John contacted Lesley's phone and spoke to a man who said he'd been using
her old number for the last few weeks.
Culled from
UK Mirror
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