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From left, relatives Tommy Powell, Jim Barden, Rachel Frederick Baars and Elizabeth Rudd stand with the plaque honoring the late Mary L. Casey of Goldsboro. Mrs. Casey was a nurse who founded Whispering Cedars Nursing Home on Mulberry Street, which her family believes is the first nursing home in the state.

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Rachel Frederick Baars, left, stands with her aunt, Mary L. Casey, in this 1940s-era photograph of the home at 1113 Mulberry St. Mrs. Baars and her family say the property was the first nursing home in North Carolina.