Ben Evers with Irene Brassfield

Irene Brassfield with Ben Evers in Cherokee, Iowa

This is a photo of Ben Evers (1872-1954) with Irene Brassfield (1924-2010) in front of the Evers home in Cherokee, Iowa. Ben Evers married my 2nd great grandmother Nellie (Bates-Brassfield) Evers in 1915, years after the death of my 2nd great grandfather Elvis H. Brassfield in 1904. Ben was step-grandfather to my grandfather Elvis J. Brassfield. Irene Brassfield was the sister of Elvis J. Brassfield.

Irene Brassfield Graduation Photo

This photo is captioned Irene S. Brassfield, Grad. Irene Shirley Brassfield was born June 11, 1924 In Cherokee, Iowa, so this photo is from around 1942.

She was the third child of Floyd Gipson Brassfield (1898-1961) and Thelma Sarah (Hunt) (1898-1976) and was my grand aunt.

Irene Brassfield Nursing Cadet 1944

This photo has the following caption on the back: Irene Shirley Brassfield, Cadet Nursing, Sioux City, IA, 1944.

I posted this information in an earlier Wordless Wednesday post: Irene Shirley Brassfield (Terzo-Ireland) (1924-2010) graduated from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Sioux City, Iowa (now St. Luke's College). According to her obituary, she went on to receive a BS from Western Connecticut State College and a Masters of Education degree from Columbia University, specializing in mental health and psychiatric nursing.

She was the third child of Floyd Gipson Brassfield (1898-1961) and Thelma Sarah (Hunt) (1898-1976) and was my grand aunt.

Wordless Wednesday - July 1930 Floyd Brassfield and children

This photo is captioned July 1930, Floyd Gipson Brassfield, age 32, Elvis John Brassfield, age 9, Betty Brassfield, age 7 and Irene Brassfield, age 6. It looks to me that Irene is the one at center and Betty is at right. This photo was probably taken near their home in Lake City, Calhoun County, Iowa.

Floyd Gipson Brassfield was my great grandfather and Elvis J. Brassfield was my grandfather.

Wordless Wednesday - Irene Brassfield

This is a photo of Irene Shirley Brassfield (Terzo-Ireland) (1924-2010). It is most likely a college graduation photo, I'm guessing she was around age 20, so about 1944. She graduated from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Sioux City, Iowa (now St. Luke's College). According to her obituary, she went on to receive a BS from Western Connecticut State College and a Masters of Education degree from Columbia University, specializing in mental health and psychiatric nursing.

She was the third child of Floyd Gipson Brassfield (1898-1961) and Thelma Sarah (Hunt) (1898-1976).

Irene and Ben

This is a photo of Irene Brassfield (1924-2010) with Ben Evers (1872-1954) in front of his home in Cherokee, Iowa in 1925. Ben Evers was married to Nellie Belle (Bates, Brassfield) Evers (1873-1940). He would have been the equivalent to Grandpa to Elvis and his siblings since Elvis H. Brassfield (1870-1904) died many years before they were born.

The Floyd Gipson Brassfield Family in Lake City 1926

Floyd Gipson Brassfield and his family moved to Lake City, Iowa around 1926. This photo was taken after the move and is captioned only 1926. It is Irene, Thelma, Elvis, Floyd and Betty Brassfield in front of Middleton house on South street in Lake City. I'm assuming they rented the house from someone named Middleton and the for sale sign just behind them appears in several photos even a year later. Behind them are some plants that are trying to climb some strings similar to the ones in the Cherokee, Iowa photo.Also notice the truck at the right. Floyd operated a trucking company after moving to Lake City, so I thought I should leave that in the photo.

This photo presented a unique problem. It was a bit crooked and I had to rotate it 5 degrees, but then I would have had to crop out some of the minor details like the truck in the background on the right and things at the top. So, instead of doing that, I used the clone tool and filled in a large blank area of grass at the bottom right so I could keep the detail on the right side. Here are the two photos, the top one is the rotated and cloned image, the bottom one is the original. You can see the grass area at bottom right is fake and wasn't in the original photo.At this resolution you can't really tell, but I didn't blend the area in, so you can make out the line if you look closely.

Irene Thelma and Betty Brassfield in 1927

This one was only captioned 1927. It is Irene Shirley Brassfield (1924-2010), Thelma Sarah (Hunt) Brassfield (1898-1976) and Betty Lucille Brassfield (1923-2003). This was taken after the move to Lake City, Iowa and other photos are also labeled "LC" so I have to guess it was taken in Lake City.

The Floyd Gipson Brassfield family rented the Middleton house on South Street in Lake City, Calhoun County, Iowa starting around 1926. I think they lived there until Spring 1946, moving to a farm a few miles north of Casey, Iowa in Thompson Township, Guthrie County before moving to Oregon in December 1950.

Wordless Wednesday - Irene Brassfield

The original caption is "1925 - Irene - Cherokee." It is Irene Shirley Brassfield (1824-2010), daughter of Floyd and Thelma (Hunt) Brassfield when the family lived in Cherokee, Iowa.

Grandma Nellie with grandkids

Here's another one from Elvis's Brassfield-Hunt memories photo album. It is captioned left to right "Betty, Grandma, Irene, Elvis." Nellie Belle (Bates) Brassfield-Evers is Grandma in the photo.

As I mentioned before, Her husband Elvis H. Brassfield died in 1904, she then married Ben Evers around 1915 and was with him until her death in 1940. They lived in Cherokee, Iowa and I think that's where this photo was taken. Irene was born in June 1924, so the photo appears to be from summer of 1924.

Wordless Wednesday - Irene and Elvis

Irene and Elvis Brassfield

Another one from the photo album of Elvis John Brassfield. This photo was captioned "Irene and Me." It is undated, but Irene Shirley Brassfield was born in June 1924, Elvis in November 1920. They are the children of Thelma (Hunt) and Floyd Gipson Brassfield. As usual, the photo can be clicked to enlarge.

Update, I found this same photo in another album. It was dated 1925 and is in Cherokee, Iowa, I believe at the home of Ben Evers. Elvis's grandmother Nellie married Ben Evers in the 1910s and they lived in Cherokee.