BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-222 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESReferences: 1) Letter, Courtney Brooks, Jr. to Robert Casey, October, 1988; 2) “RobertJ. Brooks, His Ancestors and Descendants,” by Courtney C. Brooks, II, 1989BERTIE JEAN PENNINGTON (2.4.7.4.1) is the daughter of William BelleRayford Pennington, Jr. and Fannie Lee (Brooks) Pennington. Bertie was bornon January 12, 1885 in Morgan County, Georgia. On December 5, 1906, BertiePennington married Sherrod Ransome Campbell. Sherrod was born on April 7,1872 in Jasper County, Georgia and is the son of Richard Sims Campbell andMissouri Elinora (Benton) Campbell. Bertie was a graduate of LaGrange Collegeand all of her children that lived to adulthood are college graduates.Sherrod was a farmer. Sherrod and Bertie Campbell lived at Mansfield, NewtonCounty, Georgia. Sherrod and Bertie Campbell were the parents of eight children:............Frances Eleanor Campbell, b. November 17, 1907, Newton County, Georgia............Bertie Jean Campbell (2.4.7.4.1.2), b. January 19, 1909, Newton County, Georgia............Sherrod Ransome Campbell, Jr. (2.4.7.4.1.3), b. May 11, 1911, Newton Co., Geo.............Ruth Courtney Campbell (2.4.7.4.1.4), b. February 12, 1914, Newton Co., Geo.............Rachel Louise Campbell (2.4.7.4.1.5), b. September 17, 1918, Newton Co., Geo.............Mary Emily Campbell (2.4.7.4.1.6), b. July 8, 1920, Mansfield, Georgia............Ann Pennington Campbell, b. January 26, 1923, Newton County, Georgia............Carol Campbell, b. August 12, 1926Sherrod Campbell died on December 17, 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia and Bertie(Pennington) Campbell died on August 20, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia. Both wereburied in the Westview Cemetery in Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia. OnJuly 7, 1936, Frances Campbell married Robert Doyle Tatum at Mansfield, NewtonCounty, Georgia. Doyle was born on October 7, 1906 in Hall County, Georgiaand is the son of Levi Elisha Tatum and Margaret Elizabeth (Barnwell)Tatum. Frances is a college graduate and retired teacher. Doyle and FrancesTatum live in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia. Frances is an active genealogistand greatly assisted in the accumulation of information on the descendantsof Fannie (Brooks) Pennington.On April 17, 1966, Ann Campbell married Robert Hall Hulett in College Park,Georgia. Robert was born on January 4, 1919 in Hollis, Queens, New York andis the son of Clarence Hall Hulett and Gertrude (Wardell) Hulett. Robert andAnn Hulett lived on Long Island, New York and now live in Ashville, NorthCarolina. Carol Campbell died very young on October 10, 1928.References: 1) Letter, Courtney Brooks, Jr. to Robert Casey, October, 1988; 2) “RobertJ. Brooks, His Ancestors and Descendants,” by Courtney C. Brooks, II, 1989BERTIE JEAN CAMPBELL (2.4.7.4.1.2) is the daughter of Sherrod RansomeCampbell and Bertie Jean (Pennington) Campbell. Bertie was born on January19, 1909 in Newton County, Georgia. On December 25, 1929, Bertie Campbellmarried Thomas Jacob Westbrook at Mansfield, Newton County, Georgia.Thomas was born on October 20, 1906 in Colquitt County, Georgia and is theson of William Felton Westbrook and Mattie (Tanner) Westbrook. Thomas andBertie Westbrook were the parents of one son: