OBITS: BROOKS, Jess G. - 1 Jan 2001 - Whitley Co, KY Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 18:01:09 -0500 Submitted by: "Bobbie Ivey-Lewallen" OBITS FROM THE NEWS-JOURNAL, 11 JAN 2001, PART 1 Jess G. Brooks, 79, Redbird Road, Williamsburg, passed away Monday, January 1, 2001 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin. He accepted the Lord on March 18, 1956. He served the Lord for 45 years. Survivors include his wife, Lola Brooks of Williamsburg; four daughters, Charlene Fuller and husband, Tom of Ridgecrest, California, Pauline Riggins and husband, Richard of Hendersonville, Tennessee, Eudell Sowder and husband, Charles of Jellico, Tennessee and Penny Stamper and husband, Kenneth of Williamsburg; three sons, Jimmy Brooks and wife, Elizabeth of Florence, Johnny Brooks and wife, Melissa of Springfield, Missouri and Carl Jess Brooks and wife, Edna of Burlington; 21 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; one sister, Dorothy Gibson of Oneida, Tennessee. Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 3 at the Ellison Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gerald Parks and Rev. Harold Lawson officiating. Burial was in the Piney Grove Cemetery at Redbird. Ellison Funeral Home in charge of arrangements ***************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit, or for presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *****************************************************************************