BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-230 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESon March 4, 1899, Pennington, Georgia. Brooks Pennington attended GordonMilitary College and Emory College at Oxford, Georgia. On August 28, 1924,Brooks Pennington married Lucile Braswell at Anderson, South Carolina. Lucilewas born on December 26, 1903 at Loganville, Georgia. Brooks and LucilePennington were the parents of two children:............Brooks Maddox Pennington, Jr., b. October 21, 1925, Pennington, Georgia............Nancy Jane Pennington, b. July 27, 1928Brooks M. Pennington was the chairman of the board of Pennington Grain andSeed Company, a large and respected company in the nursery industry. Brookswas very active in the Methodist Church and served on the Board of Stewardsand Sunday School superintendent for over twenty-five years. Brooks Penningtondied on January 16, 1966 at Madison, Morgan County, Georgia and was buriedthere at the Pennington Cemetery.On June 5, 1931, Brooks Pennington, Jr. married Jacqueline Christian in NewtonCounty, Georgia. Brooks and Jacqueline Pennington have four children: -Brooks Maddox Pennington, III, b. November 25, 1954, Madison, Georgia, -Penny Almond Pennington, b. June 27, 1956, Covington, Georgia, - RobertBraswell Pennington, b. April 23, 1958, Atlanta, Georgia, - William Dan Pennington,b. June 9, 1962. Brooks and Jacqueline Pennington live in Madison,Georgia and frequently are hosts of the annual Pennington reunion. Brooks Pennington,III married Patty Chilton. Penny Pennington married Ben O’Callaghan,Jr. On June 12, 1983, William Pennington married Dana Jackson.On December 20, 1946, Nancy Pennington married Robert Usher Thomason.Robert was born on December 19, 1921 and is the son of Oscar Thomason andAnnette (Marchman) Thomason. Robert and Nancy Thomason had three children:- Robert Usher Thomason, III, b. October 14, 1951, Madison, Georgia, -Oscar Rollin Thomason, b. October 16, 1955, Covington, Georgia, - JohnNewman Thomason, b. September 16, 1960, Madison, Georgia. Nancy (Pennington)Thomason died on March 3, 1976 and was buried in Madison, Georgia.On April 21, 1979, Robert Thomason, III married Martha Grey Fitzgerald. Robertand Martha Thomason have two children: - Katherine Grey Thomason, b.November 12, 1982, - Robert Usher Thomason, IV, b. August 5, 1987. OnAugust 15, 1987, John Thomason married Angela Carole Kirk.Reference: 1) “Robert J. Brooks, His Ancestors and Descendants,” by Courtney C.Brooks, II, 1989