The Register Herald
Beckley WV
Robert Hollis Brooks
JESSE — Robert Hollis Brooks, 95, of Jesse, WV, died on Friday, October 18, 2013.
He was born June 28, 1918, in Matheny, WV, a son of the late Albany Carroll and Zeta Walker Brooks.
He was a member of the Guyandotte Baptist Church. His hobbies included farming and wood working.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Carnice "Dollie" Shrewsbury Brooks; a brother Selmer Brooks; two sisters Bertha Philyaw and Oretha Sowards.
Hollis was a War Veteran having served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in WWII. He was a 1934 graduate of Oceana High School, attained his B.A. in Education from Concord College and his Master's from West Virginia University. He worked for many years as a teacher, coach and principal for the Wyoming County Board of Education.
Survivors include a son Philip (Joli) Bailey of Washington, WV; two daughters Betty Brooks and Glenna Beatty both of Parkersburg; a sister Tensie (Harold) Tracy of Versailles, KY; a brother James G. "Jamie" (Christine) Brooks of Pineville; four grandchildren Patrick (Susanne) Brooks of Charlotte, Gregory Woolwine, Emily Brooks both of Parkersburg and Hannah (Chris) Bretelle of Misawa, Japan; two great-grandchildren Will and Caroline Brooks; two very special friends Connie and Kertrina Dancy; many nieces, nephews and a host of other loving family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 22, 2013, in the Chapel of Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV. Military rites will be conducted by the Wyoming County Honor Guard. Hollis will be laid to rest in Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny, WV.
Friends may gather with the family on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until time of service at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
E-mail letters of sympathy may be sent at www.staffordfamilyfuneralhome.com.
The family is being served by the Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV.
Beckley WV
Robert Hollis Brooks
JESSE — Robert Hollis Brooks, 95, of Jesse, WV, died on Friday, October 18, 2013.
He was born June 28, 1918, in Matheny, WV, a son of the late Albany Carroll and Zeta Walker Brooks.
He was a member of the Guyandotte Baptist Church. His hobbies included farming and wood working.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Carnice "Dollie" Shrewsbury Brooks; a brother Selmer Brooks; two sisters Bertha Philyaw and Oretha Sowards.
Hollis was a War Veteran having served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in WWII. He was a 1934 graduate of Oceana High School, attained his B.A. in Education from Concord College and his Master's from West Virginia University. He worked for many years as a teacher, coach and principal for the Wyoming County Board of Education.
Survivors include a son Philip (Joli) Bailey of Washington, WV; two daughters Betty Brooks and Glenna Beatty both of Parkersburg; a sister Tensie (Harold) Tracy of Versailles, KY; a brother James G. "Jamie" (Christine) Brooks of Pineville; four grandchildren Patrick (Susanne) Brooks of Charlotte, Gregory Woolwine, Emily Brooks both of Parkersburg and Hannah (Chris) Bretelle of Misawa, Japan; two great-grandchildren Will and Caroline Brooks; two very special friends Connie and Kertrina Dancy; many nieces, nephews and a host of other loving family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 22, 2013, in the Chapel of Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV. Military rites will be conducted by the Wyoming County Honor Guard. Hollis will be laid to rest in Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny, WV.
Friends may gather with the family on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until time of service at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
E-mail letters of sympathy may be sent at www.staffordfamilyfuneralhome.com.
The family is being served by the Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV.
The Register Herald
Beckley WV
Robert Hollis Brooks
JESSE — Robert Hollis Brooks, 95, of Jesse, WV, died on Friday, October 18, 2013.
He was born June 28, 1918, in Matheny, WV, a son of the late Albany Carroll and Zeta Walker Brooks.
He was a member of the Guyandotte Baptist Church. His hobbies included farming and wood working.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Carnice "Dollie" Shrewsbury Brooks; a brother Selmer Brooks; two sisters Bertha Philyaw and Oretha Sowards.
Hollis was a War Veteran having served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in WWII. He was a 1934 graduate of Oceana High School, attained his B.A. in Education from Concord College and his Master's from West Virginia University. He worked for many years as a teacher, coach and principal for the Wyoming County Board of Education.
Survivors include a son Philip (Joli) Bailey of Washington, WV; two daughters Betty Brooks and Glenna Beatty both of Parkersburg; a sister Tensie (Harold) Tracy of Versailles, KY; a brother James G. "Jamie" (Christine) Brooks of Pineville; four grandchildren Patrick (Susanne) Brooks of Charlotte, Gregory Woolwine, Emily Brooks both of Parkersburg and Hannah (Chris) Bretelle of Misawa, Japan; two great-grandchildren Will and Caroline Brooks; two very special friends Connie and Kertrina Dancy; many nieces, nephews and a host of other loving family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 22, 2013, in the Chapel of Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV. Military rites will be conducted by the Wyoming County Honor Guard. Hollis will be laid to rest in Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny, WV.
Friends may gather with the family on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until time of service at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
E-mail letters of sympathy may be sent at www.staffordfamilyfuneralhome.com.
The family is being served by the Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV.
Beckley WV
Robert Hollis Brooks
JESSE — Robert Hollis Brooks, 95, of Jesse, WV, died on Friday, October 18, 2013.
He was born June 28, 1918, in Matheny, WV, a son of the late Albany Carroll and Zeta Walker Brooks.
He was a member of the Guyandotte Baptist Church. His hobbies included farming and wood working.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Carnice "Dollie" Shrewsbury Brooks; a brother Selmer Brooks; two sisters Bertha Philyaw and Oretha Sowards.
Hollis was a War Veteran having served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in WWII. He was a 1934 graduate of Oceana High School, attained his B.A. in Education from Concord College and his Master's from West Virginia University. He worked for many years as a teacher, coach and principal for the Wyoming County Board of Education.
Survivors include a son Philip (Joli) Bailey of Washington, WV; two daughters Betty Brooks and Glenna Beatty both of Parkersburg; a sister Tensie (Harold) Tracy of Versailles, KY; a brother James G. "Jamie" (Christine) Brooks of Pineville; four grandchildren Patrick (Susanne) Brooks of Charlotte, Gregory Woolwine, Emily Brooks both of Parkersburg and Hannah (Chris) Bretelle of Misawa, Japan; two great-grandchildren Will and Caroline Brooks; two very special friends Connie and Kertrina Dancy; many nieces, nephews and a host of other loving family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 22, 2013, in the Chapel of Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV. Military rites will be conducted by the Wyoming County Honor Guard. Hollis will be laid to rest in Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny, WV.
Friends may gather with the family on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until time of service at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
E-mail letters of sympathy may be sent at www.staffordfamilyfuneralhome.com.
The family is being served by the Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV.
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