BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-292 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIES............Marie Andrews, b. March 31, 1915............Infant (no name), b. and d. June 24, 1923............Clyde Vonelle Andrews, b. November 17, 1926, Ozark, AlabamaIn 1920, Martin and Lillie Andrews were living in Dale County, Alabama. MarieAndrews died as a child on August 12, 1919. On December 23, 1945, ClydeAndrews married Minnie Lou Taylor and they live in Montgomery, Alabama.Clyde and Minnie Lou Andrews have three children: - Juanita Lavonia Andrews,- Doris Virginia Andrews, - Joseph Clyde Andrews, b. August 10,1955. Juanita Andrews married Jim Allen and they have no children. Jim andJuanita Allen live in Montgomery, Alabama. Doris Andrews married ClarenceAldridge and they have one son: - Gregory Aldridge, b. August 4, 1974. JosephAndrews is single and lives in Prattville.References: 1) 1920 Census, Dale County, Alabama; 2) “Byrd and Related Families,”by Tera (Byrd) Averitt, Pages 58 and 59 3) “Dale County, Alabama Kin,” by LydiaHughes Grimes, 1984CHARLES DEWEY BROOKS (2.12.4.10) is the son of James Wyatt Brooksand Cassie Elizabeth (Byrd) Brooks. Charlie was born on November 7, 1898 inDale County, Alabama. On October 9, 1920, Charlie Brooks married Leana M.Blocker. Leana was born on May 15, 1904 in Alabama and is the daughter ofCasey Blocker and Lou (Ellis) Blocker. Charlie and Leana Brooks have at leastthree children:............Charles Dewey Brooks, Jr., b. May 18, 1921, Alabama............Blondell Brooks, b. February 10, 1923, Alabama............William Brooks, b. 1926, AlabamaIn 1930, Charlie and Leana Brooks were living in Dale County, Alabama. CharlieBrooks, Sr. died on December 12, 1963 and was buried at Pleasant Hill Cemeteryin Ozark. Leana (Blocker) Brooks was buried at Beulah Cemetery in FortRucker. Charles Brooks, Jr. married Eula Lois Adkinson. Charles Brooks, Jr.married a second time to Patricia Ann Forrest, daughter of James L. Forrest andNellie (McCoy) Forrest. Patricia was previously married to William HenryJenkins. Charles and Patricia Brooks have two children: - Doris Ellen Brooks,b. June 3, 1947, - Carl Lewis Brooks, b. January 28, 1953. Around 1962, DorisBrooks married James Richard Layton and they had two children: - SherryAnn Layton, b. January 5, 1963, Dothan, Alabama, - Cynthia Sherrece Layton,b. May 10, 1964. Richard Layton died on July 22, 1972. On October 22, 1969,Doris married a second time to Michael J. Edwards and they have one daughter:- Kristy Michelle Edwards, b. October 24, 1971, Jacksonville, Florida.Sherry and Cynthia Layton were adopted by Michael Edwards on September 8,1970. On February 15, 1941, Blondell Brooks marrie Truett Sullivan, son ofRichard Erwin Sullivan and Dochie (Chalker) Sullivan. Blondell (Brooks)Sullivan died on November 25, 1970.References: 1) 1930 Census, Dale County, Alabama; 2) “Byrd and Related Families,”by Tera (Byrd) Averitt, Pages 58 and 59