Margie Brooks

A native of El Paso, Texas, Margie lived in Anthony, NM and graduated from Gadsden High School. She married a Hyde County, NC native in 1964. Her husband Larry served in the U. S. Army and after twenty years, retired and returned to Hyde County. A typical military family, their daughter Brenda was born in Columbus, GA while they were stationed at Fort Benning. Other assignments included Fort Eustis, VA, and Fort Rucker, AL. They were also assigned to the Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, TX where Margie remained while Larry served two tours in Viet Nam. A three-year tour in Bad Kreuznach, West Germany provided them with an opportunity for travel in Europe in the 1970s. After moving back to NC, Margie commuted to Langley AFB, VA for five years and came home to Swan Quarter on the weekends. Tiring of the long commute, she then took a job in Greenville, NC at Yale Material Handling (now NACCO) and spent another five years on the road! In 1994, she resigned that position so that she coul