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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-333Pinckard and Betty Belle Pinckard. Gloria Pinckard married Ben F. McInroe ofDallas, Texas. Betty Belle Pinckard married William C. Owsley, Jr. of Houston,Texas. Gordon Brooks was a dentist in Palestine, Texas. Gordon Styers Brooksdied on January 26, 1960 and was buried in the Land of Memory Cemetery inPalestine, Texas.References: 1) 1910 and 1920 Censuses, Austin County, Texas; 2) Obituary, NannieLouise Brooks, 1903; 3) Interview, Alton Howell Brooks by Robert Casey, January,1981; 4) Whittington Family Tree by Johnnie Marie (Brooks) Grimes, 1982; 5) Letter,Johnnie Marie (Brooks) Grimes to Robert Casey, July 17, 1982; 6) Letter, Johnnie Marie(Brooks) Grimes to Robert Casey, September 9, 1982Photograph, John Williamson BrooksALTON HOWELL BROOKS (3.3.1.2) is the son of John Williamson Brooksand Mary Eunice (Styers) Brooks. Alton was born on August 13, 1904 in Texas.Alton Brooks married Julia Nella Somerford. Nella was born on August 16,1912 and is the daughter of Frederick Odelon Somerford and Adelaida(Lopez y Lopez) Somerford. Alton and Nella Brooks had three children:............Carolyn Drew Brooks, b. January 27, 1933............Marynella Brooks, b. August 17, 1936............John Howell Brooks, b. February 11, 1946Alton Howell Brooks is a retired dentist and lives in Hempstead, Texas. CarolynBrooks married Robert Eugene Whitson and they have two children: - CharlesDouglass Whitson, b. May 19, 1958, Rosenberg, Texas, - Laura ElizabethWhitson, b. September 14, 1960, Edna, Texas. In 1981, Charles Whitson receiveda degree in Engineering from Texas A. & M. and works as an engineerfor Texaco. Laura Whitson attends the University of Texas at Austin.Marynella Brooks married William Eugene Traylor, Jr. of Katy, Texas and theyhave two children: - Clayton Howell Traylor, b. May 1, 1962, Houston,Texas, - Holly Traylor, b. December 2, 1964, Houston, Texas. Clayton Traylorattends Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. In April of 1981, JohnBrooks married Carol Ann Durr. Carol was born in 1953 and is the daughter ofMrs. Marion Durr of Cleveland, Ohio. John and Carol Brooks have one son: -David Howell Brooks, b. November 6, 1982, Cleveland, Ohio.References: 1) Interview, Alton Howell Brooks by Robert Casey, January, 1981; 2) Additionsand Corrections by Alton Howell Brooks, August, 1981; 3) Letter, Johnnie Marie(Brooks) Grimes to Robert Casey, September 9, 1982; 4) Interview, Johnnie Marie(Brooks) Grimes by Robert Casey, November, 1982JOHNNIE MARIE BROOKS (3.3.1.3) is the daughter of John WilliamsonBrooks and Mary Eunice (Styers) Brooks. Johnnie Marie was born on October16, 1905 in Bellville, Texas. On February 7, 1947, Johnnie Marie Brooks marriedLewis Howard Grimes. Howard was born on July 10, 1915 and is the sonof Lewis Frederick Grimes and Julia Ophelia (McClenny) Grimes. Howard andJohnnie Marie Grimes adopted one son: