OUR
BROOKS PHOTOS, page 2
The photos on the next 2 pages were donated by Janette
Brooks Barbee… here she is in 1967…
Janette is the daughter of Vance Drye Brooks
and Laura Lee Kennedy (Click
here for a photo page devoted to this family). Vance is the son of James Elexander
Brooks (1865 - 1953). James is the
grandson of David Brooks of Stanly Co, NC and great-grandson of William Brooks
I.
Janette and her family have lived near the old Brooks homestead all
their lives… in
My many thanks to her for her contribution to this website! Thanks Janette!
The couple to the right are Janette's
grandparents,
"Maggie" is the daughter of Charles Albert Drye
and
Below is another picture of James and Maggie with son Charles Macon
Brooks, daughter Bertie Mae Brooks, daughter Ollie Belle Brooks (in Maggie's
lap) and son Claude Jerome Brooks
James "Jim" and Maggie Drye Brooks
Family:
Front row (left to right): Nola
Lee Brooks, Jim Brooks, Bertie Mae Brooks Morgan, Ollie
Belle Brooks Barbee
Back row (left to right): Verna
Dare Brooks Edwards, Charles Macon Brooks, Vance Drye
Brooks, Claude Jerome Brooks
James "Jim" and Maggie Drye Brooks
Family:
Front Row (left to right): Vance Drye Brooks, Raymond Edwards,
Back Row (left to right): Laura
Lee Kennedy Brooks, Verna Dare Brooks Edwards, Bertie Mae Brooks Morgan,
(Wives are standing directly behind their husbands)
Is this them?
30 Dec 1860?
married
Children of Charles Albert Drye and
Front Row (left to right): Robert
C. Drye, Charley Phylus Drye, William Hampton Drye, Henry
Drye and John B. Drye
Back Row (left to right):
This picture was taken about 1896.
It is the Charles A. Drye Family Gathering at
the old Charles Drye homeplace. 1st row sitting down is Beadie
Smith Drye holding Ann Drye. Standing to left of Beadie
is Maggie Drye Brooks holding probably Claude Jerome
Brooks and directly behind her is