several months suffer-ing from nervous prostration and the death was not unexpected by is family and friends,He was 55 yrs of age,having been born in Russell County,Ala. Feb. 9,1855.he was a good old South Carolina stock his grandfather Aaron Brooks having removed from that state to Alabama in 1811.His father J.C.Brooks died in Greenville in
1873,Deceased was a man of culture and refinement.Deceased served as Mayor of Rutledge two terms,was city clerk in Luverne and had been Register in Chancery and Justice of peace in Luverne for several years.He was an Attorney.He was a member of the Christian church, Knight of Pythias and the Masonic Lodge.He leaves surviving his widow Mrs. Frances Egmon Brooks,who was the daughter of John and Virginia Coleman of Sandy Ridge,two sons Coleman A.and Jimmie Ray Brooks,and one daughter Dora Russell, a young girl yet in the teens. He was buried at Rutledge Cemetery on Monday the 16th.
(Crenshaw County News-May 19,1910)
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1873,Deceased was a man of culture and refinement.Deceased served as Mayor of Rutledge two terms,was city clerk in Luverne and had been Register in Chancery and Justice of peace in Luverne for several years.He was an Attorney.He was a member of the Christian church, Knight of Pythias and the Masonic Lodge.He leaves surviving his widow Mrs. Frances Egmon Brooks,who was the daughter of John and Virginia Coleman of Sandy Ridge,two sons Coleman A.and Jimmie Ray Brooks,and one daughter Dora Russell, a young girl yet in the teens. He was buried at Rutledge Cemetery on Monday the 16th.
(Crenshaw County News-May 19,1910)
This partial obituary was sent to me, I am adding it, per email request, but I would love to have the whole obituary for the memorial.
several months suffer-ing from nervous prostration and the death was not unexpected by is family and friends,He was 55 yrs of age,having been born in Russell County,Ala. Feb. 9,1855.he was a good old South Carolina stock his grandfather Aaron Brooks having removed from that state to Alabama in 1811.His father J.C.Brooks died in Greenville in
1873,Deceased was a man of culture and refinement.Deceased served as Mayor of Rutledge two terms,was city clerk in Luverne and had been Register in Chancery and Justice of peace in Luverne for several years.He was an Attorney.He was a member of the Christian church, Knight of Pythias and the Masonic Lodge.He leaves surviving his widow Mrs. Frances Egmon Brooks,who was the daughter of John and Virginia Coleman of Sandy Ridge,two sons Coleman A.and Jimmie Ray Brooks,and one daughter Dora Russell, a young girl yet in the teens. He was buried at Rutledge Cemetery on Monday the 16th.
(Crenshaw County News-May 19,1910)
This partial obituary was sent to me, I am adding it, per email request, but I would love to have the whole obituary for the memorial.
1873,Deceased was a man of culture and refinement.Deceased served as Mayor of Rutledge two terms,was city clerk in Luverne and had been Register in Chancery and Justice of peace in Luverne for several years.He was an Attorney.He was a member of the Christian church, Knight of Pythias and the Masonic Lodge.He leaves surviving his widow Mrs. Frances Egmon Brooks,who was the daughter of John and Virginia Coleman of Sandy Ridge,two sons Coleman A.and Jimmie Ray Brooks,and one daughter Dora Russell, a young girl yet in the teens. He was buried at Rutledge Cemetery on Monday the 16th.
(Crenshaw County News-May 19,1910)
This partial obituary was sent to me, I am adding it, per email request, but I would love to have the whole obituary for the memorial.
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