This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: petry, harris, douresseau, baltrip, prejean, hendricks, briggs, ... Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BkB.2ACE/913 Message Board Post: just in case this helps anybody... this is the Beaumont Enterprise's (bmt.'s local newspaper) web address... www.southeasttexaslive.com there is an archives section, obits, and other things that might be helpful...you can also email the reporters