BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-380 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESReferences: 1) Letter, Robert Glover Brooks to Bernice Casey, November 25, 1980; 2)Letter, Robert Glover Brooks to Bernice Casey, September 18, 1981JAMES LEE BROOKS (4.8.10) is the son of Sylvester Wyatt Brooks and EllaFrances (Page) Brooks. James was born on April 3, 1929 in Melrose, New Mexico.On August 19, 1950, James Brooks married Colleen Adis Folsom in Clovis,New Mexico. Colleen was born on April 17, 1934 in El Reno, Oklahoma and isthe daughter of Gilbert E. Folsom and Zell Marie (Evertt) Folsom. Jim and ColleenBrooks are the parents of three children:............Valyinda Lee Brooks, b. August 29, 1952, Clovis, New Mexico............Tonya Delene Brooks, b. August 5, 1956, Denver City, Texas............Shana Lee Brooks, b. February 10, 1966, Seagraves, TexasJames Brooks worked five years for Frontier Chemical Plant in Denver City,Texas. In 1961, he moved to Seagraves, Texas and became a Mobil WholesaleGas Consignee. In 1977, he bought a farm near Seagraves, Texas where he currentlyis growing cotton. James has also operated a Soft Water business from1959 to 1962, a concrete business from 1964 to 1968 and an auto rebuildingbusiness from 1969 to 1978. From 1963 to 1964, Colleen owned and operated adress and flower shop. On December 9, 1969, Valyinda Brooks married EddieLee Knight. Eddie and Valyinda Knight have two children: - Edye PaigeKnight, b. June 11, 1970, Seagraves, Texas, - Erica Tawn Knight, b. October28, 1974, Levelland, Texas. Eddie and Valyinda Knight were divorced in 1979.In 1980, Valyinda married a second time to Billy Yarbrough. On April 12,1977, Tonya Brooks married Micheal Bill McKenzie. Mike is a welder for anoil company. Mike and Tonya McKenzie have two children: - Brook AnneMcKenzie, b. June 4, 1978, Levelland, Texas, - Micheal Ben McKenzie, b.September 22, 1980.References: 1) Letter, Tonya (Brooks) McKenzie to Bernice Casey, November 24, 1980;2) Family Group Sheet, Colleen (Folsom) Brooks, October 21, 1979; 3) Letter, Colleen(Folsom) Brooks to Bernice Casey, September 15, 1981BEN DEAN BROOKS (4.8.11) is the son of Sylvester Wyatt Brooks and EllaFrances (Page) Brooks. Ben was born on August 7, 1934 in Melrose, New Mexico.On April 21, 1961, Ben Brooks married Patricia Sara Ludwig in Las Vegas,Nevada. Patricia was born on June 6, 1931 in Reading, Pennsylvania and is thedaughter of Herbert Allen Ludwig and Thelma Mae (Baer) Ludwig. Patriciawas previously married to Chester R. Doutrich and they had two children whomBen Brooks later adopted:............David Allen Brooks, b. December 12, 1952, Lancaster, Pennsylvania............Debra Anne Brooks, b. May 31, 1955, Prescott, ArizonaBen and Patricia Brooks are the parents of one son:............Dale Andre Brooks, b. November 27, 1963Ben farmed with his father for three years near Melrose, New Mexico. Heserved in the United States Army and was stationed the entire time at Fort Bliss,