Obituaries for "Brooks only", LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Submitted by: As Listed Source: As listed Date: As listed ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Obituarys listed in this file: (total number -9-) -Brooks, Ava Pauline -Brooks, Bessie L. -Brooks, Brady (Garrison) -Brooks, John Friley -Brooks, Juanita Ella -Brooks, Leon -Brooks, Leon Eric -Brooks, Leon Eric, Jr. -Brooks, Orrin Joffree, Jr. [NOTE-Submitters address frequently changes.] [these addresses are only changed or updated] [on the contributors/submitters page ] ================================================ ------------------- BROOKS, Ava Pauline ------------------- Submitted by Jerry Nelson Source: The Times-Signal; Jena, LA Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1987; p. 6A Mrs. Ava Pauline Brooks Mrs. Ava Pauline Brooks, 84, of Golden Age Nursing Center in Jena, died at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, 1987 at the Nursing Center. She was a retired housewife and teacher. Services were held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Jena with Revs. W. D. Hooper and Larry Chapman, officiating. Burial followed at Belah Cemetery with arrangements by Hixson Brothers Inc. of Jena. She is survived by three sons, Floyd E. Brooks and Gerald Cecil Brooks, both of Trout and Earl K. Brooks of Jena; 16 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Pallbearers were Gerald C. Brooks Jr., Bo Smith, Pap Pritchard, Doyle Brooks, Eddie B. Brooks and Kevin Brooks. ========== ----------------- BROOKS, Bessie L. ----------------- Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Wednesday, February 7, 1990; page 8B Bessie L. Brooks Bessie L. Brooks, 65, of Rhinehart, died at 7:50 p.m. Tuesday, January 30, 1990 at the St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria. She was a retired school teacher, a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Services were held at 10:00 a.m. Friday at Oak Grove Baptist Church of Rhinehart with the Revs. Thomas Peoples and Dr. R.C. Hammock, officiating. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery of Rhinehart under direction of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include her husband, Rev. Shadrack Brooks of Rhinehart; a son, Richard Brooks of Rhinehart; four daughters, Ann Harris of Austin, Texas, Pamela Finch of Dallas, Texas, Elouise Guilbeau and Patricia Brooks, both of Baton Rouge; four brothers, Robert ‘Buddy' Little of Tyler, Texas, Perry Little and W. Baker Little, both of Rhinehart and Ray Little of Winnfield; and seven grandchildren. Pallbearers were Larry Guilbeau, Randy Finch, John Harris, John Little, Jonathan Bates, Daron Little, Rob Little and Chip Little. ========== ------------------------ BROOKS, Brady (Garrison) ------------------------ Submitted by Jerry Nelson Source: The Jena Times; Jena, LA Date: Thursday, January 19, 1950; p. 1 Headline: Mrs. H. S. Brooks Dies of Heart Ailment On Wednesday, Jan. 18 Mrs. H. S. Brooks, 46, of Jena, died on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in a Pineville hospital. Her death was attributed to a heart ailment from which she had suffered for several years. Mrs. Brooks, who before her marriage was Miss Brady Garrison, was born in Mississippi on April 13, 1904. She was a member of the First Baptist church of Jena, and of the O.E.S. Funeral arrangements will be handled by Kinner and Stevens funeral home, Jena, and the funeral will be held at the First Baptist church in Jena with the Rev. J. P. Owens officiating. The date and hour of the funeral was not set when the paper went to press this week. Mrs. Brooks is survived by her husband, H. S. Brooks; five daughters, Mrs. Laverne Madewell, Coushatta; Dorothy Brooks, Jena; Mrs. Lucille Walker, New Mexico; Judy Brooks, Jena; and Mrs. Bobbie Childers, Texas. Three sons, H. S. Brooks, Jr., Mississippi; Lianda Brooks, Indiana; and Dickie Brooks, Jena. ========== ------------------- BROOKS, John Friley ------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Feb. 26, 1942 Final Rites Held For John Friley Brooks, 55 Monday, February 23 Funeral services fro John Friley Brooks, 55 farmer of Rhinehart who died February 22, at the residence of his son, Oren J. Brooks in Jena were held February 23 at Rhinehart Baptist church at 3 p.m. with Rev. McDaniel of Trout officiating. Interment was made at the Pentacost cemetery near Jena. Upshaw Funeral Home of Jena was in charge of funeral arrangements. The deceased is a native of Jena and has spent his entire lifetime in LaSalle and Catahoula parishes. He is survived by his widow, the former Pearl Kenon of Rhinehart; two sons, Ferris and Oren; one daughter, Mrs. Maggie Dollar of Jena; three brothers, Rev. I. J. Brooks of Monroe, Rev. L.H. Brooks of Rhinehart, and D.H. Brooks of Olla; and one sister, Mrs. H.L. Sandifer of Manifest. Pallbearers were: A.L. Brooks, K.G. Brooks, Madison Brooks, Dodd Brooks, Dargan Brooks, and Paul Brooks. ========== -------------------- BROOKS, Juanita Ella -------------------- Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Wednesday, February 4, 1998 BROOKS, Juanita Ella Juanita Ella Brooks, 73, of Jena, died at 11:35 p.m., Wednesday, January 28, 1998, in LaSalle Nursing Home of Jena. She was a homemaker and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church of Jena. Services were held at 2 p.m., Friday, January 30, in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena with the Revs. Preston Holder and S. B. Spinks officiating. Interment followed in the Pine Grove Cemetery of Rhinehart under direction of Hixson Brothers Inc. of Jena. Survivors include two sons, Joseph D. Smith of West Poinn Alvin Brooks of Alexandria; one brother, Bobby Phillips of Rhinehart; and two grandchildren. Pallbearers were Rick Cameron, Rogers Fisher, Randy Sharp, Rex Sharp, Brent Sharp and Clifford Sharp. ========== ------------ BROOKS, Leon ------------ Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 39503 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: June 23, 1938 Headline: Lightning Kills Two Urania Men While Fishing Last Friday A tragic accident occurred near Jonesville on Friday, June 17, when Leon Brooks and George Kinney, both of Urania, were instantly killed by lightning. Brooks was 42 years of age, while Kinney was 29. The men were fishing on Horseshoe Lake, occupying the same boat, when struck by a bolt of lightning. Just how long before the accident was discovered is questionable, as the body of Mr. Brooks was seen in the boat with his head in the water by someone passing. The alarm was given and investigation made before it was discovered that the body of Kinney had evidently fallen into the water when struck. The body of Kinney was not recovered until about 5:30 Sunday afternoon. It was located about a mile from where Brooks' body was found. Mr. Brooks had been employed as saw filer at Urania for a number of years and was well known. He is survived by his wife and a son. Mr. Kinney was unmarried. ========== ---------------------- BROOKS, Jr., Leon Eric ---------------------- Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 BROOKS, Leon Eric, Jr. Leon Eric Brooks, Jr., 73, of Shreveport and a native of LaSalle Parish, died at the family's farm near Ft. Necessity in Franklin Parish. He was the father of country music singer, Leon "Kix" Brooks, half of the topselling duo Brooks and Dunn. Leon Brooks was born and reared in Urania. His father, Leon Brooks, Sr., Worked at Urania Lumber Co., until his death and his mother taught in the Urania Grammar School until her retirement. Leon graduated from Urania High School and Louisiana Tech and worked in Shreveport until his death. He was also the father of former Shreveport Times business writer Ben Brooks, who is now the publisher of Port Isabel-South Padre Press in Laguna Vista, Texas. He is also survived by two daughters, Midge Vreeland of Yarmouth, Maine and Lisa Brooks of Nashville, Tenn. ========== --------------------------- BROOKS, Orrin Joffree, Jr., --------------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: January 2006 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2003, page 3B Headline: Orrin Joffree Brooks, Jr. Orrin Joffree Brooks, Jr., 60, of New Orleans, died Wednesday, January 15, 2003 in New Orleans. He was a retired teacher and was born October 14, 1942, at Jena to the union of Sue Allen and O. J. Brooks, Sr. services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 18, at the chapel of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena with Rev. Craig James officiating. Interment followed in the Woodland Memorial Park of Jena under direction of Kinner and Stevens, Inc., of Jena. Survivors include his wife, Bernice Scherzer Brooks of New Orleans; his mother, Sue Allen Brroks of Jena; and two sisters, Elaine Joiner of Jena and Gwen Bradley of Harrisonburg. Pallbearers were Glen "Slick" Joiner, Jimmy Joiner, John Joiner, Brad Bradley, Brant Bradley, and Ralph McCrory. ======================================= ========== > END OF RECORD <=========== =======================================