This page documents multiple families (Bryant, Matthews, Welch, Dillard, Sparks, Gossett, Harvey, McBee, Cannon, Kirby, etc) that are so interlinked that the reader is best served by the data being resident in a single data base. Please see the references in the photo galleries for background on these families. The first item in the individual family photo galleries provides some brief family history. These pages contain some erroneous data, it's just the best we happen to have right now. Use it at your own risk.

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Husband: Frank Deaton
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   Wife: Lydia May Brooks
   Born: 1907             at:   
   Died: 1997             at:   
 Father:Charley Brooks
 Mother:Jenetta Addie Bell Spence
        Other Spouses: James Monroe (Jack) Deaton  James Monroe (Jack) Deaton