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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-271MARY FRANCES ADKINS (2.9.11.5.8) is the daughter of Bland WallaceAdkins and Winona (Morgan) Adkins. Mary was born on December 7, 1922 inBoston, Georgia. On March 22, 1942, Mary Adkins married Herman SpeightPridgen, Jr. (born January 18, 1922) in Talladega, Alabama. They live inKingsport, Tennessee where Herman “Woody” has been employed as a researchchemist at the Tennessee Eastman Company for thirty years. Mary “Frank”makes quilts as a hobby and teaches classes in the art of quilting. Woody andFrank Pridgen are the parents of three children:............Vivian Frances Pridgen, b. November 14, 1944, Jacksonville, Florida............Thomas Carlton Pridgen, b. January 17, 1950, Waycross, Georgia............Wallace Speight Pridgen, b. August 31, 1953, Kingsport, TennesseeOn December 27, 1965, Vivian Pridgen married David James Crandall inKingsport, Tennessee and they now live in Ozark, Arkansas. Vivian “Bee” has astudio where she makes stained glass windows. David and Bee Crandall havetwo children: - David James Crandall, Jr., b. July 22, 1968, - Darien LeighCrandall, b. January 28, 1971. On January 1, 1979, Thomas Pridgen married inCarter County, Tennessee to Jane Kay Newell of Montgomery, Alabama andthey live in Kingsport, Tennessee. Wallace Pridgen lives in Kingsport, Tennessee.References: 1) Letter, Ida Marie (Smith) Williams to Bernice Casey, August 6, 1980; 2)Additions and Corrections by Ida Marie (Smith) Williams, September 9, 1981WINONA EUNELLA ADKINS (2.9.11.5.9) is the daughter of Bland WallaceAdkins and Winona (Morgan) Adkins. Winona “Jiggsie” was born on November16, 1926 in Pavo, Georgia. On October 25, 1944, Winona Adkins marriedRobert Moore Jones in Waycross, Georgia. Robert and Winona Jones live inJesup, Georgia and are the parents of two children:............Robert Michael Jones, b. August 9, 1948............Gale Robin Jones, b. August 19, 1949In 1967, Gale Jones married Kenneth Maney in Jesup, Georgia. Kenneth andGale Maney have two children: - Richard Allen Maney, b. 1968, Hinesville,Georgia, - Melissa Maney, b. February 10, 1972. Kenneth and Gale Maneylived at one time in Sylva, North Carolina. Gale (Jones) Maney died in April of1975.References: 1) Letter, Ida Marie (Smith) Williams to Bernice Casey, August 6, 1980; 2)Additions and Corrections by Ida Marie (Smith) Williams, September 9, 1981LUCIA MARIE ADKINS (2.9.11.6) is the daughter of Abner Calvin Adkins andEvaline Maria (Brooks) Adkins. Lucia was born on February 13, 1878 in BeunaVista, Georgia. On August 3, 1898, Lucia Adkins married Alonzo B. Hall (bornOctober 19, 1869 in Thomasville, Georgia) and they had five children:............Mary Margarite Hall, b. 1899............Zadie A. Hall, b. May 14, 1901, Doerun, Georgia............Lucia Evelyn Hall, b. February 17, 1906, Moultrie, Georgia