This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DAw.2ACIB/2368.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: From the tombstone we find: 1. birth date 2. death date 3. first and last birth name 4. married surname 5. at least one of her parents was probably alive when the tombstone was acquired. 6. she was not an 'only child' 7. she was Miss Texas in 1990 and runner up for Miss USA the next year. 8. She received the Quality of Life Award. 9. She brightened the life of others 10. she was intelligent 11. she was beautiful 12. she had an angelic voice 13. she was selfless in her dedication to improving the world. 14. she was strong in the face of adversity 15. she helped people in need to serve 16. she was an insperation 17. her stone has her image enshrined on it and the quality of the stone shows that someone paid extra for this memorial to her. Knowing this much about someone in your family tree is part of what genealogy is about.