Beach Town in a Forest

Beach Town in a Forest
Beach Town in a Forest, Pine Knoll Shores located in Carteret County on North Carolina's Crysal Coast. Photo compliments of Bill Flexman and Dave Prutzman

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Gabrielle Germaine Brard - Gabby


Alice Green Hoffman, who in 1917 bought Bogue Banks property that is now Pine Knoll Shores, had many people who worked for her. One of those was Gabrielle Germaine Brard (1908-1999). Known more familiarly as “Gabby,” she was an integral part of Alice’s life from 1931 until Alice’s death here on Bogue Banks in 1953.

Those 22 years were perhaps the most tumultuous of Alice’s colorful and eventful life. It was in that timeframe that she lost her real-estate holdings in Paris and New York, lost control of her property on Bogue Banks, and experienced declining health. The 46-year younger Gabby was with her through it all, yet research has revealed little about Gabby.