This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VUB.2ACE/240.260.1.1 Message Board Post: Viola Virginia (Reams) Brantley was the oldest daughter of Percy King Reams and Lucy Magdalene (Jackson) Reams. She was born 19 April 1919 in Nash Co., NC and she died 22 May 2003 in Durham, Durham, NC at 11 PM at Durham Regional Hospital, surrounded by loving members of her family. Viola married Arnold Green Brantley, son of Arvie Maynard and Lydia Rebecca (Deans) Brantley, on 17 November 1934 in Halifax, Halifax, VA. Arnold and Viola had two biological children and Viola and Arnold legally adopted Arnold's niece, when said niece was a small child. Arvie Maynard Brantley's parents were Zachariah Taylor Brantley and ?Lina? Jane Adams...not nee Odom. Zack/Z. T. Brantley was the son of Lovette Taylor Brantley and Mary Eliza (Brantley) Brantley. While Lovette Taylor Brantley was not, biologically, a Brantley, his wife was the daughter of Sherrod and Tobitha/Tabitha (Stokes) Brantley. Viola played the guitar beautifully, cooked a MEAN pot of collards and cooked bread puddings and pineapple cakes to die for! She wrote and sang Gospel songs, in her younger years. In her latter years, she became an avid race car fan...surprising all who knew her. She also loved the Young and the Restless daytime soap...one of her few "vices." She was a beautiful person and a warm, loving, giving individual. Viola always rose to the occasion...whatever that took. I am SO honored to have been graced by her unconditional love, as her niece, for all of my life. She will be so sorely missed by many, many people.