Mary Hester (Johnson) Brooks (1905 - 2005)

Born 19 Oct 1905 in Anderson, Texas, United States

Wife of Ernest Albert Brooks — married 4 Apr 1925 in Anderson, Texas, United States

Died 27 May 2005 at age 99 in Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States

Biography

Mary Hester Johnson was born on October 19, 1905 in Anderson, Texas, United States.^[1]

In 1920, Hester (14) was in the household of Robert Johnson. ^[2]

Hester (19) married Ernest Albert Brooks (21) (born on May 20, 1903 in Anderson) on April 4, 1925 in Anderson.^[3] Their children were:

• Robert Buchanan Brooks (1926–1994)
• Alva Brooks (1928–2019)
• Doris Ann Brooks (1929– )
• Earnest Brooks (1931–2006)
• Ettalu Brooks (1938–2003)
• Huey James Brooks (1940–1997)
• Clarence Franklin Brooks (1942–2007)

Hester died on May 27, 2005 in Palestine, Anderson, aged 99. She was buried in Roselawn Park Cemetery.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKN-CLHM : 24 February 2022), Mary Hester Johnson Brooks, ; Burial, Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States of America, Roselawn Park Cemetery; citing record ID 42763058, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHYL-CZJ : 3 February 2021), Hester Johnson in entry for Robert Johnson, 1920.
3. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61R-RWH : 23 February 2021), Ernest Brooks and Hester Johnson, 04 Apr 1925; citing Marriage, citing Anderson, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,728,654.