George Lewis Brinkley, Jr.

Martha Jane Wheatley Brinkley
Photo taken in 1945
   

George Lewis Brinkley, Jr.

                                   

 

 

Estelle and Lewis Jr. in 1955

Lewis Brinkley, Jr., Martha Jane, and their 5 children in 1955, and their home on 4th Avenue in Huntsville
Marriage of G. Lewis Brinkley, Jr. and Martha Jane Wheatley, March 10, 1945

Photo from the Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro Tennessee May 8, 1955

The attractive family shown here includes Mrs. Lewis Brinkley, Jr., James Clyde, one and one- half, and Jane Marks, three months old, and her youngsters, George Lewis, 9; Allen, 5; and Fox, 3.

George Lewis Brinkley, Jr., was born February 11, 1923, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  On March 10, 1945 he married Martha Jane Wheatley, born February 28, 1923.  They were married in Shelbyville, Tennessee at the First Methodist Church, Rev. H. E. Baker officiating.  Lewis was an Administrator in Program Management Office at Teledyne-Brown Engineering, located in the Research Park in Huntsville, Alabama, for 18 years before his death on 
12 June, 1979.  He was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, AL.  

 

Lewis Brinkley, Jr., organized an orchestra in his later high school days.  The band became popular and played throughout middle Tennessee for several years.

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