BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-290 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESBERTIE BROOKS (2.12.4.2.4) is the daughter of Robert J. Brooks and AnnieViola (Comer) Brooks. Bertie was born on October 8, 1909 in Dale County, Alabama.Bertie Brooks married Archie O. Griggs in Ozark. Archie and BertieGriggs are the parents of at least four children:............Nemma Elizabeth Griggs, b. December 23, 1927............Lura Griggs............Susie Griggs............Archie O. Griggs, Jr.Bertie (Brooks) Griggs worked with the Cowikee Mills from 1927 until her retirement.Bertie (Brooks) Griggs died on January 24, 2002 in Ozark, Alabamaand was buried in the Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery. On October 17, 1947,Nemma Griggs married John Clifton Hughes. John was born on February 18,1925 and is the son of James Harley Hughes and Quillie May (Lisenby) Huges.John and Nemma Hughes had two children: - Anthony Clifton Hughes, b. October4, 1948, - Nemma LaRhonda Hughes, b. December 23, 1953. On March7, 1969, Anthony Hughes married Charlotte Crumpler. Charlotte was born onSeptember 28, 1947 and is the daughter of Wyatt Crumpler and Ann (Smith)Crumpler. Anthony and Charlotte Hughes have two children: - Allison JillHughes, b. August 25, 1971, - Betsy Lee-ann Hughes, b. September 2, 1977.On June 24, 1972, Rhonda Hughes married Ronnie Joe Snellgrove. Ronnie wasborn on November 14, 1949 and is the son of Charles Snellgrove and Jeanette(Bowman) Snellgrove. Ronnie and Rhonda Snellgrove have two children: -Joshua Rowe Snellgrove, b. June 17, 1977, - Chad Clifton Snellgrove, b. January18, 1979. Rhonda Snellgrove is a Nurse at the Dale County Hospital. LuraGriggs married Morrell Key. Susie Griggs married James Thomas. ArchieGriggs, Jr. married a woman named Daisy.Reference: 1) “Dale County, Alabama Kin,” by Lydia (Hughes) Grimes, 1984; 2)“Byrd and Related Families,” by Tera (Byrd) Averitt, Pages 58 and 59; 3) Obituary,Mrs. Berta Brooks Griggs, Ozark, Alabama, 2002ADDIE LAURA BROOKS (2.12.4.4) is the daughter of James Wyatt Brooksand Cassie Elizabeth (Byrd) Brooks. Addie was born on June 4, 1879 in Alabama.On October 3, 1895, Laura Brooks married Robert Lee Griggs (born1874 in Alabama). Lee and Laura Griggs were the parents of at least onedaughter:............Berta Griggs, b. October, 1897, AlabamaIn 1900, Lee and Laura Griggs were living in Dale County, Alabama. In 1910,Lee and Addie Griggs were living in Holmes County, Florida. Addie (Brooks)Griggs was buried in the Beulah Cemetery in Dale County, Alabama. BertaGriggs married Grady Lunsford in Panama City, Florida and they have four children:- Leon Lunsford, - Verlie Lunsford, - Clyde Lunsford, - RuthLunsford. On March 9, 1930, Verlie Lunsford married Shelly Wade Smith in St.Andrews, Florida. Wade was born on December 27, 1907 and is the son ofJames Benjamin Smith and Eudorah (Snell) Smith. Ruth Lunsford marriedJohnny Caswell in Panama City, Florida.