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Pictured
above, Pearl Monroe's grandson, Harry Lear
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Pearl Monroe was born Pearl Thompson in Monroeville in 1934. She married
Harry Monroe at the age of 19 and had two children, James and Elouise.
When her children were grown, she went to work at a small private investigations
based in Frisco City. In 1991, she lost her husband Harry to cancer. At
the age of 57, she found she didn't know what to do with her life. She
sold the house and moved to Oxford MS to be nearer her son James and his
wife Helena. She thought about opening her own private investigations
business. After all, she knew the trade inside out. In October 1992, she
applied for a PI's license and began looking for premises. Her daughter
Elouise fell in love and married an Englishman, Edward Lear, in 1978.
Pearl became a grandmother in 1981 when Elouise gave birth to Harry in
London, England.
Elouise, Edward and Harry flew to see Pearl at Christmas in 1992. Sadly,
their vehicle was involved in a head on collision en route from Memphis
to Oxford, which left Edward and Elouise dead, and Harry orphaned at the
age of 11. Pearl put Harry back together again. Not only that, but between
them they found the man responsible for the crash which devastated both
their lives. Pearl is now in her 60's but as sharp and strong as ever.
In 1995 she started Pearl & Harry Investigations. As a mark of her
gratitude to the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department for their help
in bringing her daughter and son-in-law's killer to justice, Pearl offers
to help out with anything they need assistance on. Since his parents'
death, Harry Lear has helped his grandmother on a number of investigations,
in which his computer skills have proved especially useful. Together they
form PHI.
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