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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-221Courtney Brooks, III was born at his father’s hospital, Brooks Hospital in BlueRidge, Georgia. Courtney Brooks, III received a Bachelor of Science degreefrom Washington and Lee University and a Doctorate of Medicine degree fromthe University of Georgia Medical School. Courtney is a Diplomat of the AmericanBoard of Internal Medicine and practices internal medicine atLawrenceville, Georgia. On May 2, 1988, Courtney Brooks, III married LindaDiane “Cissy” Kelley in Blairsville, Georgia. Cissy was born on October 22,1958 in Augusta, Georgia and is the daughter of James Albert Kelley, Jr. andMargaret Louise (Sikes) Kelley. Courtney and Cissy Brooks live in Sewanee,Georgia. Michael Brooks graduated from the North Carolina School of the Artsand lives in San Francisco, California.References: 1) Letter, Courtney Brooks, Jr. to Robert Casey, October, 1988; 2) “RobertJ. Brooks, His Ancestors and Descendants,” by Courtney C. Brooks, II, 1989FANNIE LEE BROOKS (2.4.7.4) is the daughter of Robert J. Brooks and EmilyJudith (Clark) Brooks. Fannie was born on July 21, 1861 in Pinelevel, MontgomeryCounty, Alabama. On March 6, 1884, Fannie Lee Brooks married WilliamBelle Rayford Pennington, Jr. W. B. R. was the son of William BelleRayford Pennington and Nancy J. (Maddox) Pennington. W. B. R. Penningtonwas in the merchandising business at Pennington, Georgia where they resided.W. B. R. and Fannie Pennington were the parents of seven children:............Bertie Jean Pennington (2.4.7.4.1), b. January 12, 1885, Morgan County, Georgia............Lillie Belle Pennington, b. August 26, 1886, Morgan County, Georgia............William Courtney Pennington, b. August 31, 1889, Newton County, Georgia............Emmie Nancy Pennington (2.4.7.4.4), b. July 9, 1891, Pennington, Georgia............Lorie Pierce Pennington, b. June 4, 1893............Frances Louise Pennington, b. July 19, 1895............Brooks Maddox Pennington (2.4.7.4.7), b. March 4, 1899, Pennington, GeorgiaFannie (Brooks) Pennington died on August 2, 1903 in Morgan County, Georgiaand was buried there in the Pennington Family Cemetery. W. B. R. Penningtonmarried a second time to Annie Gay Starr and they had six children: - RayfordBell Pennington (born January 4, 1905), Ralph Wiggins Pennington (born September,1908), James Franklin Pennington (born September, 1910 and died1914), Katherine Ann Pennington (born September 20, 1912), Rebecca Gay Pennington(born August 7, 1914) and Margaret Nell Pennington (born December11, 1916). W. B. R. Pennington, Jr. died on December 14, 1941 and was buriedin the Pennington Family Cemetery in Morgan County, Georgia.Lillie Bell Pennington was graduate of LaGrange College and worked for manyyears for the Internal Revenue Service. Lillie Pennington died at Atlanta, Georgiaon April 27, 1973. On October 19, 1927, William Courtney “Coty” Penningtonmarried Ruth G. Weir in Ashville, Tennessee. Ruth was born onSeptember 24, 1901 and is the daughter Henry Mack Weir and Ida Jane(Nowell) Weir. Coty attended Emory College at Oxford, Georgia and spent hisentire career in the Post Office Department. Coty Pennington died on August18, 1986 in Decatur, Georgia and was buried there in the Decatur Cemetery.Lorie P. Pennington died very young on October 4, 1894. Frances L. Penningtondied very young on June 2, 1897.