Obit of Walter Wyatt Brooks (b620) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 10 Jan 2001 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Brooks, Simpson, Crandall, Wickham, Mabra, Gessler, Emerson Walter Wyatt Brooks, age 68 of 206 W. Lincoln, died Friday in the Sayre, Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Memorial services were held Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the Sayre Penticostal Holiness church with Rev. John Hudson and Rev. Bill Putman officiating. Burial was in the Silent Home Cemetery, Roll, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma with Rose Chapel Funeral Service in charge of arrangements. Mr. Brooks was born December 16, 1908, in Grimes. On Nov. 12, 1932 Walter was united in marriage to Georgie Beel Simpson. To this union 7 children were born. They include: Ester Crandall of Cheyenne, John Henry, george Louis, both of Elk City; Fred of Houston, Texas, Charles, James Walter, Norman and wife Georgie Bell preceded him in death. Mr. Brooks was a long time residnet of Cheyenne having raised his entire family in Cheyenne. In 1970 Walter married Eva Wickham and moved to Poteau, Okla. In 1976 they moved to Sayre, Okla., where they were living at the time of his death. Other preceding him in death include his parents, John and Rena Brooks, two sisters, Annie and Estell, and 2 grandchildren. Survivors are his wife, Eva of the home; 1 daughter Esther Crandall of Cheynne; 3 sons, John Henry and George Brooks, both of Elk City; Fred of Houston, Texas; 12 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild; 1 brother, Allen W. Brooks of Lexa, Ark.; 3 sisters, Helena Mabra of Corpus Christi, Texas, Evelyn Gessler of Santa Monica, California and Jewell Emerson of Amarillo, Texas.