JACKSON — Eva Grant will be the answer to a trivia question in the years to come.
The former longtime Kennett High School librarian and Glen resident, aged 92, was the last local resident to fill up with a tank of gas in the town of Jackson. Grant pumped her own tankful on the afternoon of April 21 at the Wildcat Service Station. That was the last day the station sold gasoline.
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