ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) - Sharon Courtney went to an old South Carolina schoolhouse on a recent cold night to try to find memories of her husband Steve, who was killed last month when a tornado tore their home apart.

She sifted through piles of muddied photos, crushed papers, and mangled tools gathered by volunteers from the storm's path. The 55 year-old church pianist found a faded anniversary card that celebrated her two-year wedding anniversary in 1978.

Courtney says finding the card was a comfort.

All sorts of odd lost-and-found efforts have emerged in this year of devastating tornadoes that have killed hundreds.

In Alabama, a Facebook page connected people with items flung miles away by April twisters, while workers in Missouri cleaned and sorted 27,000 photos flung about when a tornado devastated Joplin in May.

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