Georgia:  Decatur County:  Obituary of Marial Brooks, 17 Sep 1957

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The following Obituary appeared in the Post Searchlight Newspaper  
1957................

MARIAL BROOKS DIES;
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD WEDNESDAY


Funeral services for Marion Brooks, 73, of West Bainbridge was held at the 
West Bainbridge Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon,  September 18th (1957) 
at 4 p.m.  The Rev. R. C. Kale officiated and burial followed in the Oak 
City Cemetery with Ivey Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Brooks died Tuesday, September 17th following an illness of several 
months.  He was a native of Dale County, Ala. And had resided here for the 
past 13 years.  He was a member of the West Bainbridge Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife,   Mrs. Dorhie Bolton Brooks;  two sons, H. L. 
and H. J. Brooks of Bainbridge;  four daughters, Mrs. Lunnett Starling and 
Mrs. Martha Rogers of Bainbridge,  Mr. Inex Donn of Panama City, Fla. And 
Mrs. Mary Kennedy of Dothan, Ala;   one brother,  Angus Brooks of Westville, 
Fla;    three sisters, Mrs. Louvena  Lloyd of Albany,  Mrs. Pearl Simmons, 
Coffee County, Ala. and  Mrs. Leola  Madris of Ozark, Ala.  Twenty-seven 
grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren also survive.

Active pallbearers were Edsel Brooks,   Walter Lloyd, W. E. Smith, Preston 
Brooks, Dallas Brooks and James Earl Starling.