Carroll County GaArchives Obituaries.....Andrew Venson Brook August 22 1976 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Michael Brook mebrook@cox.net May 2, 2003, 2:50 pm Carroll County Georgian, Aug. 26, 1976 Mr. Brook A.Venson Brook, age 82, of Bowdon, route one, died Sunday morning in a local hospital following an extended illness. He was born in Carroll County, June 24, 1894, the son of the late W.T.E. Brook and Annie Stewart Brook. He had lived in Carroll County all his life. Mr. Brook was a retired farmer, a member of the Tyus Baptist Church and Tyus Lodge No. 671 F.&A.M. He was the oldest deacon of Tyus Baptist Church. On Jan. 1, 1915, he was married to Miss Dovie Brown who died June 13, 1929. On Sept. 24, 1933 he was married to Miss Bessie Mae Boyd who died March 22, 1970. A son, Garland Brook, died Dec. 15, 1968. Surviving are two sons, Lee Brook of Buchanan, and Kenneth Brook of Bowdon, route one; a daughter Mrs. Kenneth Holt of Villa Rica, route one; six grandchildren; a brother W.O. "Doc" Brook of Bowdon, route one. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1976 at 3 p.m. from the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Gordon Willingham officiating, assisted by Rev. Guy Rogers and Rev. Quinion Duncan. Music was by the church choir under the direction of Joe L. Daniel with Mrs. M.B.Lane at the piano. Pallbearers were Jack Sharp, George Robison, Walter Herring, Bernard Whitton, Michael Brook and Terry Loftin. Deacons of Tyus Baptist Church were honorary pallbearers. Interment was in the church cemetery with Tyus Lodge No. 671 in charge at the grave. Additional Comments: The submitter's information shows that Andrew V. Brook and Dovie Brown were married Jan. 2, 1916 in Carroll Co. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb