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Thelma Whitley Brooks 1926–2015 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1926

Birth Location: Mississippi

Death Date: 2015

Death Location: Detroit, MI

Father: Elijah Whitley

Mother: Mary Russ

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Thelma Whitley Brooks was born in 1926 in Mississippi, the child of Elijah Whitley And Mary Ella Russ. Thelma Whitley Brooks passed away in 2015 in Detroit, MI.

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Biography

  • Thelma Whitley Brooks was born in 1926 in Mississippi, the child of Elijah Whitley And Mary Ella Russ.
  • Thelma Whitley Brooks passed away in 2015 in Detroit, MI.

Immediate Family

Parents

Elijah Whitley
1887–
Birth Location: Mississippi, USA
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Mary Russ
1892–1948
Birth Location: Woodville WI, Mississippi
MR

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Thelma Brooks's Ancestors

Self
Thelma Brooks
1926–2015
Birth Place: Mississippi
Parents
Elijah Whitley
1887–
Mississippi, USA
Mary (Ella) Russ
1892–1948
Woodville WI, Mississippi
Grandparents
Henry Whitley
1851–
Kentucky, USA
Laurah (Whitley) (Whittey)
1860–
Indianola, Sunflower, Mississippi, USA
Henry Russ
1866–
Mississippi
Bettie Robinson-Henderson
1867–
Tunica County, Mississippi, USA
Great-Grandparents
Henry Russ
1830–1962
Julia Russ
1832–1956
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thelma Brooks's Timeline

2 Records

1926
abt 1926
Birth of Thelma Whitley Brooks in Mississippi
Mississippi
2015
2015
Age 89
Death of Thelma Whitley Brooks in Detroit, MI
Detroit, MI

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1926
    Event Place: Mississippi

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2015
    Event Place: Detroit, MI
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