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     E. W. Brantley married Benita McCoy.

     Everleen Brantley was the daughter of Hudson Ivey Brantley and Katie Mae Horton. She married Silas Newman Brooks, son of Silas Newman Brooks and Lunie Maggie Brown.¹ She died on 8 February 2004.¹

     Hudson Ivey Brantley married Katie Mae Horton.¹

     Sarah Helen Brett was born on 28 February 1913.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Clay Brett and Sallie Brantley. She married Herman Horace Lord, son of Horace Duggan Lord and Donie Esther Brooks, on 15 October 1930.¹ She died on 28 March 2006 at Sandersville, Washington, Georgia, United States, at age 93.¹ She was buried on 30 March 2006 at Brownwood Cemetery, Sandersville, Washington, Georgia, United States.¹

     Alan Franklin Brooks was born on 22 September 1910.¹ He was the son of Luther Lee Brooks and Mary Elizabeth Brooks. He died on 18 June 1925 at age 14.¹ He was buried at Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery, Washington, Georgia, United States.

     Anna Brooks was the daughter of Silas Newman Brooks and Lunie Maggie Brown.

     Blulah Brooks was the daughter of Solomon Lee Brooks and Isabele J. Kittrel.
     Biography of Blulah Brooks:

Buried Tanner Community Cemetery, Hwy 24, Sandersville Ga.¹

     Charles B. Brooks was born circa 1920 at Washington, Georgia, United States.¹ He was the son of Silas Francis Brooks and Daisy (--?--).

     Donie Esther Brooks was born on 2 January 1885 at Sandersville, Washington, Georgia, United States.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Francis Brooks and Senann Miliary Waller. She married Horace Duggan Lord, son of Asa Duggan Lord and Mary "Molly" Radney, on 11 November 1906 at Sandersville, Washington, Georgia, United States.¹ She died on 5 August 1982 at Sandersville, Washington, Georgia, United States, at age 97.¹ She was buried at Sisters Baptist Church Cemetery, Sandersville, Washington, Georgia, United States.
     Biography of Donie Esther Brooks:

Donie worked at Brooks Spring before she got married. Her parents Robert and Senaan Brooks ran the Hotel at one time.

Sandersville Progress - August 12, 1982 - MRS. DONIE B. LORD - Funeral services for Mrs. Donie B. Lord age 97 of Sandersville who died August 4, 1982 in the Memorial Hospital of Washington County after an extended illness; were held Thursday, August 5, 1982 at 3 pm from the chapel of Mayo - Lord Funeral Home. Rev. J. Emory Lindsey, pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene Church, and Rev. Robert Boyd, former pastor of Sisters Baptist Church officiated. Interment was in Sisters Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Lord was born January 20, 1885 in Washington County, the daughter of the late Robert Brooks an the late Seanne Waller. She was a homemaker and a member of Tabernacle Methodist Church. She was married to the late Horace Lord. Survivors include one daughter Mrs. Talmadge (Bertha) Wright, Sandersville; two sons Louie H. Lord, Tennille, Roy S. Lord, Cordele; 12 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren; a daughter-in-law Mrs. Helen Lord, Sandersville, and other relatives.
Seated together was a group which included the Sunday School Class and Nurses from Rawlings Nursing Home and Mrs. Mae Tanner. Pallbearers were Mike Wright, Ken Wright, Greg Wright, Jeff Friedman, Troy Lord and Shane Lord. Mayo - Lord Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

She died at Washington County Hospital at the age of 97. Until her death she was a resident of a nursing home located one block from the Courthouse. [Mary Esther Lord Smith]


THIS IS A RECIPE FROM DONIE THAT SHE GOT FROM HER MOTHER SEANN, SHE GAVE TO BERNICE LORD, WHEN SHE DIED IT WAS WELL OVER 100 YEARS OLD, SEANN MORE THAN LIKELY GOT FROM HER MOTHER.

TEA CAKES
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening or butter
Pinch of salt
1/3 cup milk
1 egg
2 3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
Cream sugar and butter, add egg. Blend flour, salt and baking powder. Add flour mixture and milk to creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla. Knead. Roll out, cut in desired shapes. Place on greased pan. Bake at 300 degrees until lightly brown.¹

     Edna Brooks was born on 3 February 1920 at Sandersville, Washington, Georgia, United States.¹ She was the daughter of Luther Lee Brooks and Mary Elizabeth Brooks. She married Ernest Webb Waller, son of Richard Frank Waller Sr. and Florrie Mae Tompkins.¹

     Mary C. Brooks was born circa 1926 at Washington, Georgia, United States.¹ She was the daughter of Silas Francis Brooks and Daisy (--?--).