This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/882.1 Message Board Post: Hi Turns out, I live in Maryland too. This obit is online through a database called Newsbank (or obitsarchive). I have access to it through the Prince Georges County public library. You might check whether you can get to it through Montgomery County libraries. Anyone can do a search, but you have to access to a subscription in order to download the full image. Go to www.obitsarchive.com and search nationwide or go to a specific state to search. I searched on Echels and 2001 in Texas. Beaumont Enterprise, The (TX) - October 24, 2001 Deceased Name: Joe Crindon Echels Joe Crindon Echels, 91, of Beaumont died Oct. 22, 2001, at Calder Woods. A memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. at McCabe-Roberts Avenue United Methodist Church under the direction of Forest Lawn Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. A lifelong resident of Beaumont, he was a retired Mobil Oil welder. Survivors include his wife, Christine Echels of Beaumont; son, Edwin A. Echels of Beaumont; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to McCabe-Roberts Avenue United Methodist Church or Tyrrell Historical Library Beaumont Enterprise, The (TX) Date: October 24, 2001 Page: A8 Record Number: 0110240025 Copyright, 2001, The Beaumont Enterprise