Funeral Services for William
Powel Brooks, 75, Jesse, will be
conducted at 2 pm Friday in
the Guyandotte Baptist Church
in Jesse with the Rev. O. A. Lamb
and Rev. Dewey A. Wilson officiating.
Brooks died at 8 a.m. Wednesday
en route to a Welch Hospital. Death
was Attributed to a heart attack.
Born July 2, 1800 at Glen Fork,
he was the son of the late Reed
and Catherine Acord Brooks.
He was a member of the Guyandotte
Baptist Church at Jesseand the Odd
Fellows Lodge in Ravencliff and was
a retired Wyoming County School teacher
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Verna Cook Brooks; a daughter
Mrs. Doyle (Helen) Cook of Oceana;
three brothers, Carroll of Matheny,
Pate of Ravencliff and Roy of Pineville;
a sister Mrs. Susie McGraw of Mullens;
and two grandchildren.
Funeral Services for William
Powel Brooks, 75, Jesse, will be
conducted at 2 pm Friday in
the Guyandotte Baptist Church
in Jesse with the Rev. O. A. Lamb
and Rev. Dewey A. Wilson officiating.
Brooks died at 8 a.m. Wednesday
en route to a Welch Hospital. Death
was Attributed to a heart attack.
Born July 2, 1800 at Glen Fork,
he was the son of the late Reed
and Catherine Acord Brooks.
He was a member of the Guyandotte
Baptist Church at Jesseand the Odd
Fellows Lodge in Ravencliff and was
a retired Wyoming County School teacher
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Verna Cook Brooks; a daughter
Mrs. Doyle (Helen) Cook of Oceana;
three brothers, Carroll of Matheny,
Pate of Ravencliff and Roy of Pineville;
a sister Mrs. Susie McGraw of Mullens;
and two grandchildren.
Family Members
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John Reed Brooks
1874–1895
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Zur Henderson Brooks
1876–1895
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Sarah M. Brooks
1878–1895
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Roy Rice Brooks
1881–1978
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Edna Belle Brooks
1883–1891
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Henry Payton "Pate" Brooks
1885–1971
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Jesse Crockett Brooks
1887–1968
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Rev Daniel Crawford Brooks
1887–1920
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Susan Ann Brooks McGraw
1892–1994
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Albany Carroll Brooks
1894–1979
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