Stella was the daughter of John William Byrd and Theodocia Hagins Byrd. She was a well-known and well-loved schoolteacher in Breathitt County, Kentucky. (My own grandmother, who ended up marrying Stella's brother Woodrow, was named after her). She also taught for a time in Huber Heights, Ohio, along with three of her other sisters (Orpha, June and Byrd).
Stella married Levi Brooks after 1931. They had one daughter, Carolyn, and also raised his two boys from his previous marriage: Glenn and Bruce.
They lived in a lovely home on Quicksand Creek, which was always overflowing with children and love. I will always remember their cuckoo clock inside their front door, the first I ever encountered. When I was stung by a bee at their home, Levi took some tobacco and spit on it to make a paste for the sting. They had a large barn with a loft, where all the kids played, and swinging vines over the creeks. Levi frequently found Indian artifacts in the creek, and they were always laid out on his back porch. I believe Levi pastored the church that was on the lot nextdoor to them. My great-grandmother, Theodocia, lived with them until her death.
Stella was the daughter of John William Byrd and Theodocia Hagins Byrd. She was a well-known and well-loved schoolteacher in Breathitt County, Kentucky. (My own grandmother, who ended up marrying Stella's brother Woodrow, was named after her). She also taught for a time in Huber Heights, Ohio, along with three of her other sisters (Orpha, June and Byrd).
Stella married Levi Brooks after 1931. They had one daughter, Carolyn, and also raised his two boys from his previous marriage: Glenn and Bruce.
They lived in a lovely home on Quicksand Creek, which was always overflowing with children and love. I will always remember their cuckoo clock inside their front door, the first I ever encountered. When I was stung by a bee at their home, Levi took some tobacco and spit on it to make a paste for the sting. They had a large barn with a loft, where all the kids played, and swinging vines over the creeks. Levi frequently found Indian artifacts in the creek, and they were always laid out on his back porch. I believe Levi pastored the church that was on the lot nextdoor to them. My great-grandmother, Theodocia, lived with them until her death.
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