Jefferson County ArArchives Obituaries.....Brookshire, Lena ( Brooks) [ Mrs. John Anthony ] May 29, 1962 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: G. Wayne Nixon gwn71667@yahoo.com June 9, 2009, 6:25 pm "Pine Bluff Commercial" Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas Issue of Tuesday, May 29, 1962 pg. 12 Mrs. L. Brookshire, Native of Jeffco Mrs. Lena Brookshire, 75. of 820 Nebraska, died to day at 7 a. m. at Jefferson Hospital. The native of Tamo [Jefferson Co.] was born Dec. 20, 1886, daughter of the late Will R. and Fanny Whitten Brooks. She attended Jefferson County schools and was married Nov. 8, 1911 to J. A. Brookshire. Mr. Brookshire died Nov. 8, 1945. She was a life member of the Women's Society of Christian Service and the Pricilla Prayer Group of Car Memorial Methodist Church. Survivors include two sons, Hubert D. Brookshire, of Bridgeport, Conn. and William H. Brookshire of Pine Bluff; seven daughters, Emma, Ella, and Ollie Brookshire, of Pine Bluff, Mrs. J. E. Wooley (Sallie), Mrs. J. J. Willis (Ellen) and Mrs. D. H. Cheshier (Julia) of Pine Bluff, and Mrs. Cecil Payne (Grace) of Pawhuska, Okla.; one stepson, Walter A. Brookshire of Fort Worth, Tex.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. N. O. (Malinda) Browning of Pine Bluff; 11 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Funeral arrangements will be announced by South Funeral Home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/jefferson/obits/b/brookshi19gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/arfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb