Here's an overview of the cast of characters for the period 1959-1963
including descendants born outside of that time period. The link is to a current list
of 4 generations of descendants of Daisy Cook (Mother Cook). Not all
of these people show up in the video, but this gives the viewer of the
video a start at following how all these people are related.
Daisy Mae Blackwell's descendants
Scene 1 - 1959 - Florida
Jim Braffitt
Dot Braffitt
Don Braffitt
Julie Braffitt
Jimmy Cook
Don Braffitt and Jimmy Cook fishing (Jim Braffitt taking movies)
Jim and Julie Braffitt in pool
Jimmy Cook driving away
Dot, Don, and Julie Braffitt swinging at beach
Scene 2 - Mother and Daddy Cook home on School Street, Chamblee, GA
Daddy Cook and Julie Braffitt
Scene 3 - Pool near Chamblee, GA
Don Braffitt
Beth and Cindy Cook
Thomas and Emily Cook
Scene 4 - Kitty and Paul German house in Brookhaven, GA
Don Braffitt
Paul German Jr.
Scene 5 - Mother and Daddy Cook home
Mother Cook
Dorothy Braffitt
Julie Braffitt
Beth Cook
Don Braffitt
Scene 6 - Charles and Mary Lou Cook home in Roswell, GA
Don and Julie Braffitt feeding horse
Mother Cook
Dorothy Braffitt
Beth Cook
Charles and Mary Lou Cook
Scene 7 - 1959 - Christmas - Mother and Daddy Cook home (available in Facebook)
Jimmy Cook (in dark coat)
Mother Cook
Daddy Cook holding Julie Braffitt
Don Braffitt
Dorothy Braffitt
Daddy Cook inside preparing food
Jimmy Cook and Dorothy Braffitt entering dining room
Angel Pounds
Bobby Beiter
Rachel Pounds
Mary New
Ronald Pounds holding daughter Rhonda (born 1959)
Barbara Beiter, Thomas Cook, Dorothy Braffitt, and Mary Lou Cook
getting food
Richard Pounds and Bobby Beiter sitting and eating
Carol Beiter and Don Braffitt eating
Julie Braffitt watching Rhonda Pounds then Cindy Cook
enters
Patti New and Beth Cook (on right) and Cindy Cook (on left)
big crowd - Jim New in corner chair by fireplace
Daddy Cook shaking package
Angel Pounds with Rhonda Pounds with Carol Beiter nearby
Mary Lou Cook handing package
Barbara Beiter, Emily Cook, and Mary New
Scene 8 - 1960 - Mary Gib New home - Chamblee, GA
Julie Braffitt
Dot Braffitt
Don Braffitt falling up stairs
Scene 9 - Braffitt family car trunk at Mother and Daddy Cook home
Scene 10 - Braffitt family home in Birmingham, AL
dogs
Ada Mosher Braffitt (Grammer)
Julie and Don Braffitt
Scene 11 - Mother and Daddy Cook home
Julie Braffitt with cat
Scene 12 - Miniature golf near Chamblee, GA
Beth and Cindy Cook
Don Braffitt
Carol Beiter
Scene 13 - Pool near Chamblee, GA
Beth and Cindy Cook
Don Braffitt
Thomas Cook
Carol and Bobby Beiter?
Scene 14 - Mother and Daddy Cook home
Julie Braffitt with Carol Beiter and Cindy Cook
Don Braffitt riding bike
Ricky Pounds and Julie Braffitt throwing ball
Don and Julie Braffitt and Carol and Bo Beiter
Richard and Rachel Pounds, Daddy Cook, and Dot Braffitt rocking
somebody on front porch
Ricky Pounds and Julie Braffitt going down front porch stairs
Scene 15 - Thomas and Emily Cook home on School Street in Chamblee,
GA
Thomas Cook looking under car hood
Scene 16 - Zoo
Don and Julie Braffitt outside animal cage
Scene 17 - Beiter family home in GA
Mary Gib New
Don Braffitt and Carol Beiter
Rachel Pounds
Imogene Cook
Dot Braffitt holding another baby (Bo?)
Bobby Beiter grilling
Julie Braffitt looking at baby
Jimmy Cook
Scene 18 - Pool near Chamblee, GA
Don and Julie Braffitt
Beth and Cindy Cook
Emily Cook
Thomas Cook
Don Braffitt diving
Scene 19 - Mother and Daddy Cook home
Don and Julie Braffitt washing car
Ricky Pounds
Bo Beiter
Bobby Beiter and Richard Pounds
Don Braffitt and Barbara and Carol Beiter
Richard and Ricky Pounds
Dot Braffitt rocking another baby on front porch
Daddy Cook with tree
Scene 20 - Thanksgiving at Braffitt family home in Birmingham, AL
Mother and Daddy Cook
Jim and Dot Braffitt
Don and Julie Braffitt
Don and Dot and Julie Braffitt on couch
Scene 21 - Braffitt family home in Birmingham, AL
Jimmy and Imogene Cook
Jim and Dot Braffitt
Don and Julie Braffitt
Don and Julie Braffitt on couch
Scene 22 - tent
Carol Beiter
Don and Julie Braffitt
Scene 23 - Stone Mountain railroad in Stone Mountain, GA
Barbara Beiter holding Bo Beiter
Carol Beiter
Don and Julie Braffitt
Dot Braffitt
Beth and Cindy Cook
Scene 24 - Braffitt family home in Birmingham, AL
Mother and Daddy Cook
Jim and Dot Braffitt
Don and Julie Braffitt
Scene 25 - Braffitt family home backyard in New Orleans, LA
Carol and Bo Beiter
Don and Julie Braffitt
Scene 26 - New Orleans waterfront
Bobby and Barbara Beiter
Carol and Bo Beiter
Jim and Dot Braffitt
Don and Julie Braffitt
Scene 27 - Callaway Gardens, GA
Mary Gib New
Dot Braffitt
Patti New
Scene 28 - Mother and Daddy Cook home
Carol Beiter and Mother Cook
Nell Blackwell and her husband and Emma Bell Blackwell (Mammy)
and Mackey
Mary Gib New and Dot Braffitt
Jimmy and Imogene Cook
Don and Julie Braffitt
Dot Braffitt probably holding Jennifer Cook
Barbara and Bobby and Bo Beiter
Barbara Beiter holding golf club
Carol Beiter holding Jennifer Cook
Scene 29 - 29-Dec-1991 Jimmy and Imogene Cook home in Chamblee, GA
Julie Braffitt Southworth and Joe Southworth and Mary Ross Southworth
just left
note that the sound on the original videotape copy is now a little
sporadic for scenes 29 through 33
Scene 30 - 1991 - inside Jimmy and Imogene Cook home
Living room
Family room - Jimmy Cook watching Sarah Elizabeth Will;
Julie Cook
Scene 31 -1991 - outside Jimmy and Imogene Cook home
Rebecca Sitz and Joe Sitz IV
Scene 32 - 1991 - inside Jimmy and Imogene Cook home
Living room
Scene 33 -1991 - outside Jimmy and Imogene Cook home
Rebecca Sitz and Joe Sitz IV and Patti Sitz
Jimmy Cook and Carol Radford
Bo Beiter saluting
Jimmy Cook and Barbara Beiter on porch
Jeffrey Cook with girlfriend?
Scene 34 - 1960s - Greer family - Framingham, MA
Dick and Dotsie Greer
First cousins of Don and Julie Braffitt on father's side of family
Scene 35 - about 1962 - Christmas at Braffitt family home in New Orleans
Scene 36 - 1962? - New Year's Eve snow at Braffitt family home in New
Orleans
My memory is that my Boy Scout troop got to go to the Sugar Bowl
the next day
to brush snow off the seats.
Scene 37 - 1963? - Mardi Gras on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans
This was outside the Addressograph-Multigraph office where Jim
Braffitt worked.
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