Peggy and Ronnie

Peggy Brooks Moore left our world to be with her maker in the September of her years, 2015. Her beloved brother Ronnie Brooks also left our world in May of 2015. Gone too soon but both are in heaven with their beloved parents and siblings for sure. Here are a few pictures of them from my records - thanks to other family members (Kathy Brooks Halfpenny) and my Mom, Jeanne Brooks Diffee's pictures. We can't believe they are gone - and so suddenly for my dear Aunt Peggy. Forever in our hearts...



Peggy is in the middle, between Jeanne on the left and Catherine on the right. Catherine is the youngest of the Brooks clan.



Ron and his lovely wife, Linda and the bottom picture is of course, Peggy - that beautiful smile, in her kitchen on Hyde Street, Burlington.



Ron and his son, Joey Brooks

Ron and Linda's wedding - photo taken at Peggy's home and Peggy is on Ron's left with Catherine on the end. Beside Linda is my Mom, Jeanne - the oldest sister.

Ron with his niece, Debbie Brooks Foote and her two daughters, Holley (Ron's right) and Casey (Debbie's left)

Peggy and June Brooks Flynn's son, Erickson Flynn

Christmas at 565 Parkview Drive, the Diffee's - Ron, Granny Belva Brooks, Jeanne and Peggy

A Visit With Aunt Ann Shepherd

On February 10, 2015 Jeanne Brooks Diffee visited her Aunt Ann Shepherd at Ann's home in Burlington, NC. They had a great time talking for about an hour. Denise and Scott, Jeanne's children brought her for the visit from Greenville, NC. These are a few pics of Jeanne and Ann on that very special day! Jeanne is 83 and Ann is 97 years YOUNG!

Peggy Brooks Moore

***An update - long overdue on Peggy - she is at home, recovering still but very happy and comfortable. I visited with her last week and she kept me in stitches. My Mom, Jeanne and my brother, Scott also were with me as we visited family in Burlington.****

Peggy Brooks Moore, daughter of Garland and Belva Brooks, sister of (surviving) Jeanne, Katherine, Ronnie, wife of William Moore, and mother of Mark Bright.

What a darling of the family - she needs our prayers right now. She is in Alamance Regional Hospital undergoing tests. Send a card her way or a visit if you can. She is a very special person in the Brooks family and we wish her all the best in her recovery!

Important link to Civil War heroes

Findagrave.com is a fantastic link to our ancestor's graves and RJ Shepherd's Civil War Shepherd's memorial site on FindAGrave.com is definitely worth a visit.

He has extensively researched and documented with pictures as well as written material as many Shepherd war veterans as possible and done a fantastic job of it. Many of these are our direct ancestors. You may have to join Findagrave.com to look - I am a member with many links to our ancestors. My name is DiffeeDenise on the site.


Joining the site is very easy and I hope you all will find it interesting and helpful.

John Rufus Shepherd (1860 - 1894) - Find A Grave Memorial

John Rufus Shepherd (1860 - 1894) - Find A Grave Memorial

This is a picture of Lonnie Edwin Shepherd's father,one of our ancestor's graves, located in the Saint Mark's Church cemetery, Alamance county, NC. He was the son of Joel George Shepherd(1834-1863) and Eliza Martha Reid Shepherd (1837-1922)

This picture and all information is linked to JR Shepherd's memorial site on findagrave.com.

Be sure to see the new picture of Steve Brooks!

One of my most favorite things to do when I was a child was hang with my cousins Steve and Delores (Dee) Brooks at their country (ahem) estate. They had a barn with hay that we could climb up into -and I think Steve used to actually jump out of the upstairs window. At another house of theirs they built a racetrack for some kind of race cars that his father, Tom and Ronnie, our other uncle built just for BOYS. The reason I say just for boys is because they would not let me drive or ride in one! There was no way I was getting into one of them and driving. Maybe I was too little or maybe it was because they were chauvinist pigs - I am not sure (hehehe). I just remember how jealous I was. It was a great racetrack in their backyard. I can still see it. Steve always used to tease me too and scare me to death - but I loved it! He would harass Dee and I constantly and mostly just thought I was annoying as well. I'm sure I was! I just posted a picture of Steve when he was in the Navy (I think) or was it the Marines? He will have to confirm. See it in the gallery of pictures.

Maggie Terrell Shepherd's gravestone

Findagrave.com is a wonderful site for doing genealogy research. There are volunteers all over the world who will go to graveyards, photograph each stone and grave and post them with the appropriate obituary. I have asked for help from several of these people over the years while researching my family. Just yesterday I asked for help with finding our ancestor, matriarch of the Terrells - my grandmother Brooks' mother, Maggie. Today my wish was granted!