My paternal grandfather is from Gloster, Amite, Mississippi and is of English and Scotch-Irish heritage. Surnames in his line include Lusk, Cain, Slade, Ratcliff, Taylor, Bateman, Wilkinson, Jagers, Toler, Butler, Causey, Talbert.

My paternal grandmother is from Morgan City, St. Mary, Louisiana and is of French Creole, Spanish (Canary Islands), German and Irish heritage. Surnames include Aguillard, Major, Pourciau, Bonaventure, Guerin, LeBedel, David, Froreich, Beyes, Fish, Faivre (LeFevre).

My maternal grandfather was born in Lake Village, Arkansas, but his family originates in Pearl River County, Mississippi and is of primarily English and Scotch-Irish heritage. Surnames in his line include Wallace, Watson, Green, Dill, Fulford, Gaskill, Bradley, Alexander, Malone, Hollifield, Boone.

My maternal grandmother's family is also from Pearl River County, Mississippi and is of English, Scotch-Irish, Swedish, and French heritage. Surnames include Livings, Danielly, Devereux, Spiers, Perry, Rainwater, Henley, Nelson, Burton, Compton, Mitchell, Kilmurray.

I live in Slidell, St. Tammany, Louisiana and visit the cemeteries around Pearl River County, specifically McNeill/Carriere area where dozens of my maternal ancestors and cousins are buried.

My paternal grandfather is from Gloster, Amite, Mississippi and is of English and Scotch-Irish heritage. Surnames in his line include Lusk, Cain, Slade, Ratcliff, Taylor, Bateman, Wilkinson, Jagers, Toler, Butler, Causey, Talbert.

My paternal grandmother is from Morgan City, St. Mary, Louisiana and is of French Creole, Spanish (Canary Islands), German and Irish heritage. Surnames include Aguillard, Major, Pourciau, Bonaventure, Guerin, LeBedel, David, Froreich, Beyes, Fish, Faivre (LeFevre).

My maternal grandfather was born in Lake Village, Arkansas, but his family originates in Pearl River County, Mississippi and is of primarily English and Scotch-Irish heritage. Surnames in his line include Wallace, Watson, Green, Dill, Fulford, Gaskill, Bradley, Alexander, Malone, Hollifield, Boone.

My maternal grandmother's family is also from Pearl River County, Mississippi and is of English, Scotch-Irish, Swedish, and French heritage. Surnames include Livings, Danielly, Devereux, Spiers, Perry, Rainwater, Henley, Nelson, Burton, Compton, Mitchell, Kilmurray.

I live in Slidell, St. Tammany, Louisiana and visit the cemeteries around Pearl River County, specifically McNeill/Carriere area where dozens of my maternal ancestors and cousins are buried.