Jackson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Brooks, Robert Howell July 15, 2006
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Madison County Journal,  27 Jul 2006
Robert Howell Brooks, 69, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., died Saturday, July 15, 2006, 
at his home, following complications from diabetes.

Born on February 6, 1937, in Loris, S.C., he was the son of the late Gerald R. 
Brooks, a Jackson County native, and Mary Belle Bellamy Brooks. Mr. Brooks was 
preceded in death by a son, Mark.  He grew up on his parent’s tobacco farm out 
from Loris, S.C., and credited the long hot summer days of work on the farm 
with forming his work ethics, which allowed him to become a successful business 
man.  He received a degree in dairy science from Clemson University in 1960, 
and founded Naturally Fresh Foods in Atlanta. Naturally fresh preservative 
free, refrigerated salad dressings and sauces are found in the produce sections 
of grocery stores in all 50 states.  In 1986 he acquired a small Tampa Bay, 
Fla., area restaurant called Hooters. Since that time the chain has grown to 
over 430 locations in 46 states and 20 different countries. He is also owner of 
the Hooters Pro Cup Series, a stock car racing series that has grown to include 
races along the eastern seaboard. Each race season two Hooters Pro Cup series 
races are held at Peach State Race Track in Jefferson.  As he believed in 
sharing his good fortune, his college alma mater, Clemson University, campus is 
home to the state-of-the-art Brooks Center for Performing Arts, the Brooks 
Institute for Sports Science and the Brooks Motor Sports Institute.  He also 
did much to support his home town of Myrtle Beach, S.C. In 2003 Coastal 
Carolina University honored one of their biggest supporters by naming their new 
football facility, Brooks stadium, in honor of him, as he gave the school two 
million dollars to help with the construction of the football facility.  Since 
1992 the Hooter Endowment Fund has donated over eight million dollars to local 
and national charities. Some recipients were the Juvenile Diabetes Association, 
cancer research, the Special Olympics, and his childhood church, Camp Swamp 
Methodist.

Survivors include his wife, Tammy; daughter, Bonnie Belle; son, Coby; three 
grandchildren; two brothers, Gerald and Glenn; three sisters, Olis, Donna and 
Melinda; 8 first cousins in Jackson County, Jackie, Larry and James Brooks, Sue 
Brooks Holliman, Ruth White, Carolyn and Hazel Martin and Gaynelle Wheeler.

Burial was in Bellamy-Brooks Cemetery, Longs, S.C.


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