BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-166 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESSARAH JOSEPHINE BROOKS (2.3.3.2.4.3) is the daughter of Joseph HenryBrooks, Jr. and Sallie Belle (Snellings) Brooks. Josephine was born on June 5,1902 in Muscogee County, Georgia. On August 4, 1919, Josephine Brooks marriedJoe Rosa in Columbus, Georgia and they were the parents of one son:............Harold Douglas Rosa, b. December, 1922Joe and Josephine Rosa were later divorced and Josephine then married MorrisG. Bowden on May 29, 1924 in Columbus, Georgia but they were divorced also.On August 24, 1925, Josephine married Millard McNutt and they had eight children:............Samuel Robert McNutt............Joseph Lewis McNutt, b. Fort Payne, Alabama............Claud Millard McNutt, b. Fife, Alabama............Sarah Ann McNutt............Lenorah Jane McNutt, b. May’s Gulf, Alabama............Mary Clemmie McNutt, b. Fort Payne, Alabama............William Eugene McNutt, b. Fort Payne, Alabama............Ben Henry McNutt, b. Fort Payne, AlabamaAll of Josephine’s children married and have children of their own. AfterMillard McNutt retired, he and Josephine lived in Valley Head, Alabama. In1975, they celebrated their Golden (50th) Wedding Anniversary with numerousrelatives. Millard McNutt died in July of 1980 and Josephine (Brooks) McNuttstill lives in Valley Head, Alabama.References: 1) “Brooks Family History,” by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., June 12, 1980; 2)Additions and Corrections by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., August 30, 1981JOSEPH HENRY BROOKS, III (2.3.3.2.4.4) is the son of Joseph Henry Brooks,Jr. and Sallie Belle (Snellings) Brooks. Joseph “Junior” was born on June 3,1903 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Joseph Brooks married Helen Louise Russellon October 30, 1921 in Columbus, Georgia. Helen was born on August 20,1905 and is the daughter of Joseph Clinton Russell and Eugenia “Jennie” (Hudson)Russell. Helen’s sister, Jennie Mae Russell, married Joseph Brooks’ uncle,Zebulon Arthur Brooks (2.3.3.2.2). Joseph and Helen Brooks were the parentsof one daughter:............Helen Louise Brooks (2.3.3.2.4.4.1), b. August 25, 1922, Columbus, GeorgiaJoseph operated a gas station for 25 years and in 1948 went into the automobilebusiness with his son-in-law as Brooks and Thomas Motor Company in Columbus,Georgia. In 1981, Joseph and Helen Brooks celebrated their 60th WeddingAnniversary. Joseph Henry Brooks, III died in Columbus, Georgia on January 1,1982 and was buried there in the Parkhill Cemetery.References: 1) “Brooks Family History,” by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., June 12, 1980; 2)Additions and Corrections by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., August 30, 1981; 3) Letter, KennethH. Thomas, Jr. to Robert Casey, March 23, 1982