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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-241WILLIE JAMES COOPER (2.6.5.2.1) is the daughter of Robert Henry Cooperand Sarah Elizabeth (Perkins) Cooper. Willie was born on November 13, 1880.In December of 1902, Willie Cooper married Arthur Gresham Henslee in HeardCounty, Georgia. Arthur and Willie Henslee moved to Villa Rica, Georgiawhere Arthur was in business with his father who had several stores. Arthur andWillie Henslee were the parents of four children:............Grace Henslee (2.6.5.2.1.1), b. November 23, 1903............Mary Henslee, b. May 11, 1910............James Arthur Henslee, b. August 17, 1911............Billy Henslee, b. November 10, 1917Willie (Cooper) Henslee died in August of 1970. Mary Henslee attended theUniversity of Georgia and Columbia University and graduated from MadisonCollege. She taught schools in Georgia and Virginia. In 1940, Mary Hensleemarried Wallace Humphry Lynn. Wallace and Mary Lynn have one son: -Wallace Humphry Lynn, Jr. Wallace Lynn, Jr. graduated from William andMary College and works for Honeywell with computers in Roanoke, Virginia.Wallace Lynn, Jr. married Janet Fohs and they have two children: - WallaceHumphry Lynn, III, b. December 31, 1970, - Sharon Lynn, b. May 18, 1973.James Henslee attended South Georgia Teacher’s College and established atrucking business. James Henslee married Ruth Hammock and they had onedaughter: - Patsy Henslee. Patsy Henslee attended William and Mary Collegeand married Fred Stover who graduated from Georgia Tech in Ceramics. Fredand Patsy Stover live in Ohio and they have four children: - Stephen Stover, -Staci Stover, - Shana Stover, - Scott Stover. James Arthur Henslee was murderedby hitch hikers near Harlan, Kentucky in January of 1940. Billy Hensleeattended Tift College. In 1948, Billy Henslee married Henry Moore. Henry isan executive of the Southern Railway and they live in Atlanta, Georgia. Henryand Billy Moore had one daughter: - Mary James Moore, b. February 15, 1950.In August of 1974, Mary Moore married Michael Quillen who is a law graduatefrom Duke University. Michael and Mary Quillen have two children: - HenryClay Quillen, b. February 26, 1978, - Mary Rodgers Quillen, b. March 16,1981.References: 1) Letter, Grace (Henslee) Massie to Robert Casey, November, 1980; 2)Additions and Corrections by Grace (Henslee) Massie, September, 1981GRACE HENSLEE (2.6.5.2.1.1) is the daughter of Arthur Gresham Henslee andWillie James (Cooper) Henslee. Grace was born on November 23, 1903. Gracegraduated from Tift College in 1924 and received a Master’s degree from theUniversity of Georgia in 1929. She also attended Columbia University. Gracetaught school in Georgia and Florida and taught at South Georgia Teacher’s College.In 1930, she moved to Virginia and was Elementary Supervisor. In Juneof 1938, Grace Henslee married John Henry Massie of Edinburg, Virginia. JohnHenry Massie was an economist and farmer. John and Grace Massie are the parentsof two daughters:............Sallie Perkins Massie, b. September 29, 1939............Susan Poindexter Massie, b. February 22, 1945