Golden Brooks
Golden Brooks – “The Best Man Holiday” Los Angeles Premiere, 2013 – Photo Credit: Janice Ogata / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Golden Ameda Brooks
Place of Birth: Fresno, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 1, 1970
Ethnicity: African-American
Golden Brooks is an American actress. She has had major roles on the series Linc’s and Girlfriends, and in the films Beauty Shop and Something New, among other productions.
She has a daughter with her former partner, actor D. B. Woodside.
Golden’s maternal grandfather was David Emerson LeFlore (the son of Professor Wyatt Curtis LeFlore and Magnolia Etta Smith). David was born in Oklahoma.
Golden’s maternal grandmother was Myrtle Pettis (the daughter of Andrew William Pettis and Julia Eta Starr). Myrtle was born in Oklahoma. Julia was the daughter of William L. Starr and Florence E. Smith.
Sources: Marriage record of Golden’s maternal grandparents, David Emerson LeFlore and Myrtle Pettis – https://familysearch.org
Golden’s maternal grandfather, David Emerson LeFlore, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Golden’s maternal grandfather, David Emerson LeFlore – http://obituaries.muskogeephoenix.com
Golden’s maternal great-grandmother, Magnolia Etta Smith, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Golden’s maternal grandmother, Myrtle Pettis, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Golden’s maternal great-grandmother, Julia Eta Starr, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
http://obituaries.muskogeephoenix.com/story/david-leflore-1919-2012-748648922
Yes, that’s the same obituary I got the info from.
I wonder if her LeFlore family are connected to Greenwood LeFlore. He did own slaves.
it seems so