Morgan County AlArchives Obituaries.....Owen Brooks, "Ruth" Wanda February 27, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis J. K. Owens http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004210 April 25, 2006, 8:35 am Decatur Daily 02/28/2004 Ruth Owen Brooks Decatur Funeral for Ruth Owen Brooks, 95, of Decatur will be today, Feb. 28, 2004 at 2pm at Roselawn Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Randy VanLandingham and the Rev. Keith Pope officiating. Burial will be in Decatur City Cemetery. Visitation will be today from 1 to 2 pm at the funeral home. Mrs. Brooks died Friday, Feb 27, 2004 at Decatur HealthCare & Rehabilitation. She was born Sept 22, 1908 in Morgan County to Richard Emmet Owen and Norah Goodson Owen. She was retired from Huntsville Arsenal Golf Course and Point Mallard Golf Course where she worked at the 19th Hole Coffee Shop. She was a member of Ninth Street United Methodist Church. Mrs. Brooks was preceded in death by her husband, James C. Brooks, and one son, Maury Gene "Margene" Brooks. Survivors include one daughter, Hazel Brooks Ward and husband Loyd of Decatur; one grandchild Penny Ruth Ward Wilson and husband Aaron of Double Springs; two great-grandchildren Michael Ward of Decatur and Stacey Wilson of Rome, Georgia; one great-great-grandson Logan Ward of Decatur; one sister Wilda Owen Hendrix and husband W.A. of Logan Martin Lake; one brother James Roan Owen of West Point; and a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Michael Ward, Aaron Wilson, Ray Owen, W.A. Hendrix, Jeff Owen, Ray Owen and James Dwight Owen. Additional Comments: There is an online Memorial for Aunt Ruth at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi? page=gr&GSln=brooks&GSfn=ruth&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GSob=n&GRid=6222450 & Rest in Heavenly Peace, Aunt Ruth. PJKO File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/morgan/obits/o/owenbroo531gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb