BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-160 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESHELEN LOUISE BROOKS (2.3.3.2.4.4.1) is the daughter of Joseph HenryBrooks, III and Helen Louise (Russell) Brooks. Louise was born on August 25,1922 in Columbus, Georgia. Louise attended schools in Columbus and graduatedfrom Columbus High School in 1939. Louise attended Georgia State Collegefor Women and Auburn (then A. P. I.) from which she graduated in 1943.On August 30, 1942, Louise Brooks married Kenneth Harrison Thomas at theFirst Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Georgia. Kenneth was born on September8, 1921 in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the son of Summie MajorThomas and Levey (Harrison) Thomas who moved to Columbus, Georgia in1933. Kenneth Thomas graduated from Jordan High School in 1938 and attendedAuburn University (then A. P. I.) where he met Louise Brooks. Shortlyafter Kenneth and Louise were married, Kenneth Thomas was called into WorldWar II where he served in the United States Army Air Corps in Italy before returninghome in early 1946. He graduated from Auburn later that same year.Kenneth and Louise Thomas are the parents of three children:............Kenneth Harrison Thomas, Jr. (2.3.3.2.4.4.1.1), b. December 1, 1946, Georgia............Helen Melissa Thomas (2.3.3.2.4.4.1.2), b. June 26, 1950, Georgia............Joseph Brooks Thomas (2.3.3.2.4.4.1.3), b. February 2, 1954, GeorgiaKenneth Thomas, Sr. entered the automobile business with his father-in-law, JosephHenry Brooks, III, and currently serves as President of Ken Thomas Datsunand Ken Thomas Volkswagen, Inc. Ken and Louise Thomas live in Columbus,Georgia.References: 1) “Brooks Family History,” by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., June 12, 1980; 2)Additions and Corrections by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., August 30, 1981KENNETH HARRISON THOMAS, JR. (2.3.3.2.4.4.1.1) is the son of KennethHarrison Thomas and Helen Louise (Brooks) Thomas. Ken was born on December1, 1946 in Georgia. He graduated from Columbus High School in 1964and Emory University in 1968. Ken served in the United States Air Force from1969 to 1972. Since 1973, he has been employed in Atlanta, Georgia by theGeorgia Department of Natural Resources as a historian. As of 1980, Ken livesin Decatur, Georgia. Author’s Note: Ken is an active genealogist and has contributedsignificantly in the compilation of this book. Ken has also written a genealogicalcolumn for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution from 1977 to present andhas published the first two years of his column in his book “Ken Thomas on Genealogy.”References: 1) “Brooks Family History,” by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., June 12, 1980; 2)“Ken Thomas On Genealogy,” by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., 1981HELEN MELISSA THOMAS (2.3.3.2.4.4.1.2) is the daughter of Kenneth HarrisonThomas and Helen Louise (Brooks) Thomas. Melissa was born on June 26,1950 in Georgia. She graduated from Columbus High School in 1968 and AuburnUniversity in 1972. Melissa is employed in Columbus, Georgia as an Officerfor First Federal Savings and Loan Association. On February 14, 1976,Melissa Thomas married Columbus Roberts, III in Columbus, Georgia but theywere divorced in 1978. On May 24, 1980, Melissa married Robert Walker