PITTSBURG — To fulfill his father's dying wishes, Colorado resident John Elwood Nichols III, searched for his long-lost grandmother's grave. Saturday marked the very end of his 33-year journey of bringing his father John Elwood Nichols Jr., to rest at his mother grave. At the beginning Nichols didn't know his grandmother's name was Tillie Grace McCool and because of divorces, other family changes and moving, finding her grave wasn't easy. His father died of suicide on May 19, 1985, and he left behind notes, the last one dated April 22,1985, in which he stated he wanted to be cremated and his wife — Theresa — knew what he wanted done with him...
