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CARL JACKSON BROOKS GORDON, Ga.-- Carl Jackson Brooks died 23 Apr., aged 69. Carl was born in Wilkinson County, the son of Claude and Bessie Brooks. He was a life-long resident of the area. He was a veteran of the US Army. Carl was the retired owner and operator of a grocery store. He was a member and deacon of Clear Creek Baptist Church. Burial was at Cleark Creek Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Virginia; daughter Brenda Brooks Arnold; son, Paul Brooks; 3 grandchildren. JESSE E. BROOKS WIGGINS, Miss.--Jessie E. Brooks died 17 Nov., aged 78.
PAULINE M. BROOKS COLLEGE PARK, Ga.--Mrs. Pauline McElwaney Brooks of College Park died 7 Dec. Burial was in Fairburn City Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Eldredge William ("Bill") Brooks; sons, Thomas White, Forest Park, Ga. and Eldredge W. Brooks Jr., Gay, Ga.; sisters, Thelma Handley and Zalia Hammond, both of Fayetteville, Elease Stephens, Milner, Alice Elder, Fairburn; brother, Sam L. McElwaney, Forsyth, Ga.; 3 grandchildren. CHARLES LESLIE BROOKS Sr. ZOLFO SPRINGS, Fla.-- Charles Leslie Brooks Sr. died here 28 Dec., aged 65. Charles was born in Columbus, Ga. 20 Apr., 1932, son of Mrs. Dorothy Corley Brooks of Montgomery, Ala. and the late David Phillip Brooks. He was a graduate of Jordan High School in Columbus and worked for Lummus Industries here before moving to Atlanta where he retired after 25 years with Simons-Eastern Engineering Co. Burial was at Parkhill Cemetery in Columbus, Ga. Survivors include his wife, Ruth Medley Brooks; sons Robert D. Brooks, Atlanta and Charles L. ("Chuck") Brooks Jr., Wil- mington, NC; brothers, Ronald Corley Brooks, Decatur, Ga. aNd David Phillip Brooks, Montgomery, Al.; 4 grandchildren. EDITH CLAIRE BROOKS LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-- Edith Claire Brooks died here 7 Jan., aged 95. Burial was in McPherson Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Juanita Brooks Tattersall; son, Danny A. Brooks; 8 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren. ELSIE BROOKS
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JANICE FOLENDORE BROOKS MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.--Janice Folendore Brooks died 7 June aged 65. Janice was married to Leonard Brooks. She served for over 25 years as a bailiff at the Baldwin County courthouse here until her retirement. She was a member of the Hardwick Baptist Church. Burial was in the Salem Baptist Church Cemetery. Survivors include her husband Leonard; daughters Kay Williams, Panama City, Fla. and Lynn Bragg, Carrollton, Ga.; son Guerry Brooks, Milledgeville; brothers Paul Folendore and J. C. Folendore, Haddock, Charles Folendore and Merrill Folendore, Milledgeville; and 7 grandchildren. EDDIE LEE BROOKS HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--Eddie Lee Brooks of Huntsville died here 29 Oct., aged 75. He was a graduate of Auburn University and worked as an engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Admini-stration (NASA) in Huntsville until his retirement. He was a member of Whitesburg Baptist Church here. Burial was in Carnes Cemetery in Carnes. THELMA PARRISH BROOKS RICHMOND, Va.-- Thelma Parrish Brooks died here 25 Dec., aged 89. Thelma was the widow of Millard E. Brooks. Burial was in Westhampton Memorial Park. Survivors include a daughter, Peggy Brooks McGehee, Richmond; sisters, Elizbeth Parrish and Iva Ondrovich; grand- children, Russell, Warren and Ellen McGeehee; 2 great grandchildren. DORIS HAILEY BROOKS CHARLESTON, SC-- Doris Hailey Brooks died at a Charleston hospital 20 Dec., aged 64. Doris was born in Leaksville, NC, daugh- ter of Benjamin Hailey and Ethel Jones. She was married to Gary L. Brooks. Doris was a member of the North Charleston Senior Friends Club and the American Association of Retired Persons. She was a Methodist. Burial was in Carolina Memorial Gardens. Surviving are her husband Gary; daughters Audrey D. Kolodey and Sharon G. Owens, both of Oviedo, Fl.; brother, Herman Hailey of NC; 2 grandchildren. FLORENCE GIBSON BROOKS
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17 June, 1998