Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Dean Brook
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   BROOK
   Okemah - Dean BROOK was born May 19, 1908, in Okemah. He died February
   24, 1999, at his home. Funeral services were held February 27 at the
   Parks Brothers Chapel with Rev. Carl CLAY officiating. Pallbearers
   were Bobby BEAN, Jimmy SMITH, Don BAKER, Gordon GEREN, Cecil CAMPBELL
   and Leon SHEPARD. Honorary pallbearerss were Nolan RUTLAND, Claude
   KEZER, Ira SKINNER, Nolan ADAMS, Harlan SWINFORD and Terry SWINFORD.
   Interment was at Highland Cemetery.
   He was a rancher and active for many years in the Okemah Round-Up
   Club, the Oklahoma Cattleman’s Association and a member of First
   Baptist Church in Okemah.
   He was the son of John and Jeanetta Harvison BROOKS. On June 14, 1923,
   he married Margaret Alyne GEREN in Wetumka. She survives. His other
   survivors include his sons John BROOK of Tulsa, and Dan BROOK of
   Okemah; his daughter, Candee COLLINS of Killgore, TX; two sisters,
   Virginia BIRK of Santa Barbara, CA, and LuCretia HARKEY-ROBERTS of
   Okemah; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.