BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-370 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESPhotograph, Family of Sylvester Wyatt BrooksLeft to Right (Top Row First): Mary Gene (Sturges) Brooks, Joe Brooks, J. D.Brooks, Jim Brooks, Paul Brooks, Pauline (Brooks) Robberson, Joe Robberson,Bob Brooks, Austin Brooks, Patricia (Ludwig) Brooks, Ben Brooks, Lucille(Nance) Brooks, Coleen (Folsom) Brooks, Amy (Brooks) Byrd, Jannelle (Duke)Brooks and Theo (Eldridge) BrooksFRANK AUSTIN BROOKS (4.8.1) is the son of Sylvester Wyatt Brooks andElla Frances (Page) Brooks. Austin was born on December 19, 1910 in Melrose,Territory of New Mexico. Austin graduated from Melrose High School in 1929and attended New Mexico A & M at Las Cruces, New Mexico. In 1947, he wasappointed to the Board of Regents of this college and served a four year term.On January 1, 1933, Austin Brooks married Theo Gertrude Eldridge in Melrose,New Mexico. Theo was born on May 16, 1916 in Paducah, Texas and is thedaughter of John Wesley Eldridge and Vena (Moffitt) Eldridge. Austin andTheo Brooks were the parents of three children:............Peggy Jo Brooks (4.8.1.1), b. March 23, 1934, Melrose, New Mexico............Frank Austin Brooks, Jr. (4.8.1.2), b. July 1, 1937, Santa Fe, New Mexico............Janet Brooks (4.8.1.3), b. November 3, 1945, Clovis, New MexicoAustin Brooks worked for the State of New Mexico for five years, but returnedto Melrose, New Mexico in 1938 where he operated a gasoline and oil businessfor three years. In 1941, Austin moved to Clovis, New Mexico and was engagedin the grain and feed business for the next twenty-two years. During eighteen ofthose years he was General Manager of El Rancho Milling Company which atthat time was New Mexico’s largest feed manufacturing establishment. Austinreturned to employment with the State of New Mexico in 1964 as District Managerof the Bureau of Revenue in Clovis. Austin Brooks served two one yearterms as President of the Clovis Chamber of Commerce and filled the post ofCurry County Democratic Party Chairman for five years. In 1967, he went towork for Federal Government and a year later moved to Albuquerque, NewMexico to become New Mexico State Director of the United States SavingsBonds Division of the Department of the Treasury. Austin Brooks retired in1976 and remained in Albuquerque until he moved to Rio Rancho, New Mexicoin July of 1981.References: 1) “Sylvester Wyatt Brooks,” by Frank Austin Brooks, November, 1977; 2)Letter, Austin Brooks to Bernice Casey, November 29, 1979; 3) Letter, Austin Brooks toBernice Casey, September 1, 1981PEGGY JO BROOKS (4.8.1.1) is the daughter of Frank Austin Brooks andTheo (Eldridge) Brooks. Peggy was born on March 23, 1934 in Melrose, NewMexico. On September 2, 1956, Peggy Jo Brooks married Gene Edmund Green.Gene and Peggy Green are the parents of two sons:............John Edmund Green, b. September 28, 1962, Camp Kue, Okinawa............Steven Austin Green, b. April 3, 1968, Lakenheath, England