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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-201Burleson County, Texas. On May 10, 1906, Lillie Brooks married J. RobertCaskey in Elkhart, Texas. Robert and Lillie Caskey were the parents of twochildren:............Ola Mae Caskey, b. 1908, Texas............Pete Caskey, b. August 8, 1910, TexasJ. Robert Caskey died in 1909 in Elkhart, Texas. On January 7, 1914, Lillie(Brooks) Caskey married a second time to Bryant Lee Brooks in Elkhart, Texas.Bryant was born on July 18, 1881 in Jackson County, Florida and is the son ofHenry Lewis Brooks and Martha Ann (Coonrod) Brooks. Bryant and LillieBrooks were the parents of five children:............Lester Brooks, b. 1914, Elkhart, Texas............Nancy Ann Brooks, b. April 22, 1916, Elkhart, Texas............Lincoln Henry Brooks, b. September 21, 1917, Elkhart, Texas............Velma Ernestine Brooks (2.3.6.4.3.6), b. January 22, 1919, Elkhart, Texas............Dortha Parthena Brooks, b. July 23, 1922, Elkhart, TexasAfter Robert Caskey’s death and Lillie’s second marriage, Ola and Pete Caskeywere raised by their maternal grandmother, Lee Ann (Tomlinson) McCain.Ola’s and Pete’s last names were changed to McCain. Around 1930, Ola MaeMcCain married Oscar Murray in Frio County, Texas. As of 1981, Ola Mae(McCain) Murray lives in Dilley, Frio County, Texas. On February 14, 1934,Pete McCain married Thelma Lee “Dinah” Thomas. As of 1981, they live inCorsicana, Texas.Bryant Lee Brooks died on May 23, 1954 and Lillie Dorma Brooks died on August12, 1974. Both were buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Mangum,Oklahoma. Lester Brooks died in 1917 and was buried in the Myrtle SpringsCemetery in Elkhart, Texas. Around 1936, Nancy Brooks married Roy L.Vaughan in Mangum, Oklahoma. They currently reside in Mangum, Oklahomaand have two children: - Garland Lee Vaughan, - Rhonda Kay Vaughan. LincolnBrooks never married and resides in Mangum, Oklahoma. Dortha Brooksmarried Hulen Vernon Falkner in Clovis, New Mexico and they have two children:- Delbert Dean Falkner, - Vernon Lee Falkner. Hulen Falkner is deceasedand Dortha (Brooks) Falkner lives in Mangum, Oklahoma.References: 1) Family Group Sheets by Karen D. Rocher, August 31, 1981; 2) Letter,Karen D. Rocher to Robert Casey, March 29, 1982VELMA ERNESTINE BROOKS (2.3.6.4.3.6) is the daughter of Bryant LeeBrooks and Lillie Dorma (Brooks) Brooks. Velma was born on January 22,1919 in Elkhart, Texas. On January 19, 1940, Velma Brooks married Alfred JosephRocher in Mangum, Oklahoma. Alfred was born on March 30, 1916 inMangum, Oklahoma and is the son of John Rocher and Dora Liza (Jackson)Rocher. Alfred and Velma Rocher are the parents of two children:............Tom Wayne Rocher, b. November 9, 1943, Mangum, Oklahoma............Karen Diann Rocher, b. September 23, 1949, Mangum, Oklahoma