This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SHEFFIELD, PARDUE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EeB.2ACE/445.1.1 Message Board Post: Jerry I apologize for my previous brief answer. The storm knocked out my connection just as I was beginning to wJerry, I also assumed Laurana was Susan's sister or sister-in-law. The stone says "Laurana Pardue Mother of W. R. Sheffield Born Feb. 11, 1829 Died May 6, 1905 In life beloved, in death lamented" Since all the census I saw list her as a Sheffield, I am guessing that Pardue was her maiden name. The 1900 census shows her as being born in TN, both parents born in NC. Thanks, Carol rite to you.