This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kking1947 Surnames: Halstead/Thomas Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.coffee/605.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You probably have all the information about the family in Coffee County that I have. But, if not, I will be glad to share anything with you. Mary Elizabeth Halstead Thomas Brooks is buried in the Victoria Baptist Church Cemetery. You can see a listing of the cemetery at: www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/al/coffee/cemetery.htm I have a copy of a newspaper page that has a lengthy obituary for her. I also have a copy of a poem sent to her by her Thomas husband where he was sick in Virginia and later died. The family here always believed that he wrote the poem. I will be happy to transcribe any or all of it for you by e-mail if you don't have those items. I also know about where the two unmarried sisters lived until their deaths - Martha and Georgia, I think. I know the location of Valula Thomas Kendrick's and her husband's home place, as well. I have a listing of the Thomas husband's siblings. I am a descendant in the Thomas part of the family. Mary Elizabeth was my second great-grandmother. My great-grandfather was Samuel Elias Thomas (b. 1860). His daughter was Selma Thomas Kelley (b. 1886). Her son was Sam Grady Kelley (b. 1924), and that was my father. There are a lot of the Thomas and Brooks descendants still living in the Coffee County, Alabama area. Kathy King Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.