Leta Vae Brinson Brannick was born in Henderson on September 8, 1920.  She graduated from Timpson in 1937.  She joined the WAC during WWII and was stationed in Ft. Worth reaching the rank of S/Sgt. AFF Training in Ft. Worth.  It was there that she met her future husband, Edward J. Brannick who was from Bridgeport, Conn.  He was in the Army Aircore which was later changed to the Air Force.  He stayed in the Air Force for 22 years until retiring in 1962.  During this time the family moved a lot due to his military career.  Marianne was born in Guam, they lived at Barksdale in Shreveport, lived in Hawaii for five years, Florida.  Evenutually moving to Lawton, Okla then Tyler, Texas.  They had three children, Marianne, Michael and Melani.  He passed away in 1997 and she passed away in 2004.