A Page from the Bible of "Minnie" Belle Brooks Harper
Harper-Page 18
The page below is from the bible of "Minnie" Belle Brooks
Harper
On the left side of the page it list the births of the children
on "Marvin" H. Harper and "Minnie" Belle Brooks
Harper. From top to bottom they are: 1) Marvin H. Harper,
Jr. (Junior) - born February 9, 1925, 2) Louis Marvin (L.
M.) Harper - born September 6, 1919, 3) "Roy" Winfield
Harper - born July 26, 1905, 4) "Frank" Brooks Harper -
born August 19, 1907, 5) Troy "Raymond" Harper - born
October 6, 1909, 6) Minnie "Kathleen" Harper - born
November 12, 1911. 7) "Ruth" Rita Harper - born June 17,
1914, 8) Mary "Christine" Harper - born December 12,
1916, 9) Guy "Reginald" Harper - born Spetember 8, 1922
and on the left hand side 10) "Bobby" Joe Harper - born
July 26, 1927.

On the right hand side of the page deaths in the family are
listed. From top to bottom they are: 1) Troy "Raymond"
Harper - died September 23, 1915, 2) Mary "Christine"
Harper - died December 5, 1920, (Death Certificate states
date of death was December 6, 1920), 3) J. Brooks (James
Franklin Brooks, the father of "Minnie" Belle Brooks
Harper, died January 5, 1923, 4) Mary E. Brooks
(step-mother of "Minnie" Belle Brooks Harper) died June
27, 1926, 5) Ludie Brooks (Sister of "Minnie" Belle Brooks
Harper) died May 13, 1928, 6) Joe Harper, Sr. (Father of
"Marvin" H. Harper, Sr.) died February 5, 1907, 7) Mrs.
Joe Harper (Mother of "Marvin" H. Harper, Sr.) died
February 16, 1929 (This date is wrong, according to the
death certificate Fannie Rudder Harper Marlow died on
February 8, 1931, see Harper-Page 19), and 8) "Marvin" H.
Harper, Sr. died April 21, 1959.