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BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY 8-385Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ed was born on August 16, 1917in Charleston, South Carolina and was reared in Los Angeles, California. Ed hastwo children by a previous marriage: Valerie Jean Voorhis and Wilson EdgarVoorhis, III. Ed was an Inflight Refueling Technician and served in SoutheastAsia during the Viet Nam war. Ed retired with 25 years of service with the AirForce. Birch retired in June of 1979 with 25 years of Federal Civil Service. Asof 1980, Ed and Birch Voorhis reside in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.References: 1) Letter, Birch (Brooks) Voorhis to Bernice Casey, September, 1980; 2)Family Records, Bernice Casey, 1980STANTON GREGG BLAIR (5.6.1) is the son of Ralph Stanton Blair and Birch(Brooks) Blair. Gregg was born on July 11, 1948 in Elk City, Oklahoma.Gregg attended grade school, junior high school and high school in Elk City,Oklahoma. He graduated from Elk City High School in 1966. On June 1, 1969,Stanton Gregg Blair married Priscilla Fran Hubbard, his high school sweetheart.Priscilla was born on November 7, 1950 in Elk City, Oklahoma and is thedaughter of Frank Hubbard and Zella Mae (Swope) Hubbard. Gregg andPriscilla Blair are the parents of one daughter:. . . Susan Katherine Blair, b. October 31, 1984, OklahomaIn the summer of 1970, Gregg received a Bachelor of Science degree inMarketing from Southwestern State University located in Weatherford,Oklahoma. From 1971 to present, Gregg has been a Sales Representative for anOklahoma City steel fabricator. Gregg is active in photography and enjoystraveling. Gregg played the guitar in a band during his high school and collegeyears. Gregg and Priscilla are active in church work and enjoy working withyoung people. From 1977 to 1981, Gregg and Priscilla Blair lived in the countrynorthwest of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1981, they moved into OklahomaCity where they currently reside.Reference: 1) Letter, Gregg Blair to Bernice Casey, September, 1980ETHEL BERNICE BROOKS (6) is the daughter of Robert Wesley Brooks andJulia Ann (Bryan) Brooks. Bernice and her twin sister, Birch, were born on herparent’s farm in Washita County, Oklahoma on May 1, 1919. Bernice and Birchattended the Pleasant Valley School for the first eight years of their education.Later, Bernice and Birch attended Elk City High School where they graduated inMay of 1937. In the fall of 1937, Bernice enrolled at Oklahoma A. & M. (namewas later changed to Oklahoma State University) in Stillwater, Oklahoma. OnDecember 31, 1941, Bernice Brooks married Alvin Harold Casey in Elk City,Beckham County, Oklahoma. Harold was born on March 9, 1915 in Kanima,Oklahoma and is the son of Louis Bertie Casey (born 1883 in Arkansas) andFlorence Larue (Shelton) Casey (born 1886 in Arkansas). Bernice completed herrequirements for her degree in January of 1942 and in May of 1942, she receivedher Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics. Harold Casey received hisBachelor of Science from Oklahoma State University in 1941 and then becamean agriculture instructor in Helena, Oklahoma. Harold joined the Navy in Aprilof 1943 and served until February of 1946, attaining the rank of Sr. Lieutenant.