Obituaries: J. C. Brooks, 1938, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Deanna Simmons Hess, RR 9, Box 1548, Livingston, TX 77351
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THE WINNFIELD-NEWS AMERICAN
Friday, January 7, 1938

J. C. Brooks, Sr. is Victim of Heart Attack on Tuesday

Funeral Services Held on Thurs. Morning From Methodist Church

    J. C. Brooks, Sr., veteran railroad employee, succumbed to a heart
attack Tuesday evening about seven forty-five o'clock while waiting for
his son to complete work on the family car in a local garage, before
going to see the doctor.  He had been in failing health for sometime.
    Mr. Brooks came to Winnfield in 1906 as telegraph operator of the
old L. R. & N. Co., and later became yard clerk for the Rock Island
which position he has held for the past twenty years.  He was a Woodman
of the World.
    He is survived by his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Lucille Taylor, two
sons, J. C. Brooks, Jr. and Morris Brooks of Winnfield; five brothers,
J. W. Brooks, Lambert Brooks, Ruston; Hardy Brooks, Spencer Brooks, and
half brother, Don Waldrip all of Quitman; five sisters,  Mrs. Lula
White, Quitman; Mrs. Monroe Thomas, Ansley; Mrs. Early Barnett, Dubach;
Mrs. Maxey Tawson, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mrs. Suzie Chillon, Los Angeles,
Calif.
    Funeral services were held at eleven o'clock Thursday morning at the
First Methodist church conducted by the Rev. G. A. Morgan, pastor,
assisted by Rev. Alwin Stokes and Dr. B. C. Land, other local pastors.
Interment was made in the Winnfield cemetery.
    Active pall bearers were B. H. Williams, L. H. Smith, D. L. Page, L.
Rickerson, W. L. Hunt, J. T. DeLoach, H. Ward,  D. R. Adeylott.
    Honorary pall bearers included Mat Milam,  K. M. Dean, E. J.
Buchanan, Ray Eagles, W. C. Colvin,  E. O. Sappington, Leslie Sheppard,
Paul Adeylott, Arthur Adeylott, C. M Sanders, George Hightower,  Joe
Terrill, Bob Thomas, Larkin Thomas, Harper Terrill, Dick Porter, Houston
Gates,  Ebb Machen, J. E. Carter, B. Sholars, Johnnie Wright, Jimmie
Wright, Chas. Walsworth, John Peters, Mack L. Branch,  N. M. Jackson,
Dr. S. C. Fittz, Dr. J. F. Faith, Henry Willis, Waco Grisby, R. H.
Fletcher, Joe Heard, J. A. Nugent, B. L. Anderson.