A Family Thing Word Search Puzzle – Search Characters, Actors and Actresses. Word Search Puzzle Solver. Earl Pilcher Jr., runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him. Find out the following actor, actress, character names, and other movie-related words hidden in this word search puzzle based on this movie.. This includes identifying and searching for words that are related to : Ann, Ruby, Sonny, Virgil, Aunt T., David Keith, Ray Murdock, Irma P. Hall, Regina Taylor, Robert Duvall, Michael Beach, Grace Zabriskie, Earl Pilcher Jr., James Earl Jones, Woman at Hospital .