Opal Ruth (Lloyd) Brooks (1927 - 2000)

Born 28 Feb 1927 in Campbell County, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Wiley Washington Faust Lloyd and Gertha (Cecil) Lloyd

Wife of Albert Rayfield Duncan — married 18 Feb 1944 in Campbell County, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

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Biography

Opal was born in 1927. She was the daughter of Wiley Lloyd and Gertha Cecil.

=Timeline

1930: Opal at 3 years old was residing with her parents Cecil and Foussie Lloyd in Artemus, Knox County, Kentucky. The census also listed 1 sister and 2 brothers. ^[1]

Opal died September 1, 2000.^[2]

DNA Confirmation

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal GEDmatch comparison between Sandra (Duncan) Seavers , GEDmatch kit # M511038, and Leamon Duncan, GEDmatch kit # T168634, (compare kits), her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Green Duncan and Amanda Jeffers, the great great grandparents of both Sandra (Duncan) Seavers and Leamon Duncan. Predicted relationship from GEDmatch: 3.7, based on sharing 81.7 cM across 3 segments. DNA test taker Sandra (Duncan) Seavers is the daughter of Opal Lloyd, the daughter of Gertha Cecil, the granddaughter of the common ancestors Green Duncan & Amanda Jeffers.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMXP-NXX : accessed 12 August 2015), Opal Loyd in household of Foussie Loyd, Artemus, Knox, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0005, sheet 14A, family 269, line 43, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 763; FHL microfilm 2,340,498.
2. ↑ "[http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/124AB4F1396D9960-124AB4F1396D9960 Opal Ruth Brooks Former gospel singer ]." The Oak Ridger (Tennessee), Tuesday, September 5, 2000. GenealogyBank (subscription required).

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7TW-3FR : accessed 12 August 2015), Opal R Loyd in household of Fause Loyd, Magisterial District 2, Harlan, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48-19, sheet 22A, family 360, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1313.