Wife of Fred Brooks; Daughter of Edward Magee "Bud" Way & Effie Alice (Reid) Way
Vera Neva (Way) Brooks
Aug 12, 1912 - Dec. 15, 2005
Vera (Way) Brooks
Vera (Way) Brooks, 93, of Corsicana passed away Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005 at Heritage Oaks Retirement Village.
Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. today at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Lain Teel officiating. Interment will follow at Pattison Cemetery.
Mrs. Brooks was born Aug. 31, 1912 at her parent's farm near Emhouse, where she graduated from high school. Most of her life was spent in Corsicana, where she was employed at various local businesses. First at Golden Brothers Clothing Store for a short while, followed by several years at K. Wolens Department Store. In the 1950s she went to work for Sears in Corsicana, later transferring to their store in Orange. Following her retirement from Sears in Orange, she moved back to Corsicana, where she became an active member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She managed the nursery at Emmanuel until well into her 80s. Vera was also a member of the Rebecca Lodge for over 50 years. For many years prior to moving to Heritage Oaks, Vera lived on Park Row in Corsicana, taking great pride in maintaining her there.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward M. and Effie (Reid) Way; sisters Mrs. Mildred (Way) Robertson and Eunice (Way) Glass; and brother Valentine B. Way.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law George and Pamela Brooks of Barry; nephew Travis Robertson of Malakoff; nieces Joanne Davenport of Kansas City and Caroline Robertson of Lawson, Mo.
Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.
Vera Neva (Way) Brooks
Aug 12, 1912 - Dec. 15, 2005
Vera (Way) Brooks
Vera (Way) Brooks, 93, of Corsicana passed away Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005 at Heritage Oaks Retirement Village.
Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. today at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Lain Teel officiating. Interment will follow at Pattison Cemetery.
Mrs. Brooks was born Aug. 31, 1912 at her parent's farm near Emhouse, where she graduated from high school. Most of her life was spent in Corsicana, where she was employed at various local businesses. First at Golden Brothers Clothing Store for a short while, followed by several years at K. Wolens Department Store. In the 1950s she went to work for Sears in Corsicana, later transferring to their store in Orange. Following her retirement from Sears in Orange, she moved back to Corsicana, where she became an active member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She managed the nursery at Emmanuel until well into her 80s. Vera was also a member of the Rebecca Lodge for over 50 years. For many years prior to moving to Heritage Oaks, Vera lived on Park Row in Corsicana, taking great pride in maintaining her there.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward M. and Effie (Reid) Way; sisters Mrs. Mildred (Way) Robertson and Eunice (Way) Glass; and brother Valentine B. Way.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law George and Pamela Brooks of Barry; nephew Travis Robertson of Malakoff; nieces Joanne Davenport of Kansas City and Caroline Robertson of Lawson, Mo.
Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.
Wife of Fred Brooks; Daughter of Edward Magee "Bud" Way & Effie Alice (Reid) Way
Vera Neva (Way) Brooks
Aug 12, 1912 - Dec. 15, 2005
Vera (Way) Brooks
Vera (Way) Brooks, 93, of Corsicana passed away Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005 at Heritage Oaks Retirement Village.
Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. today at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Lain Teel officiating. Interment will follow at Pattison Cemetery.
Mrs. Brooks was born Aug. 31, 1912 at her parent's farm near Emhouse, where she graduated from high school. Most of her life was spent in Corsicana, where she was employed at various local businesses. First at Golden Brothers Clothing Store for a short while, followed by several years at K. Wolens Department Store. In the 1950s she went to work for Sears in Corsicana, later transferring to their store in Orange. Following her retirement from Sears in Orange, she moved back to Corsicana, where she became an active member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She managed the nursery at Emmanuel until well into her 80s. Vera was also a member of the Rebecca Lodge for over 50 years. For many years prior to moving to Heritage Oaks, Vera lived on Park Row in Corsicana, taking great pride in maintaining her there.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward M. and Effie (Reid) Way; sisters Mrs. Mildred (Way) Robertson and Eunice (Way) Glass; and brother Valentine B. Way.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law George and Pamela Brooks of Barry; nephew Travis Robertson of Malakoff; nieces Joanne Davenport of Kansas City and Caroline Robertson of Lawson, Mo.
Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.
Vera Neva (Way) Brooks
Aug 12, 1912 - Dec. 15, 2005
Vera (Way) Brooks
Vera (Way) Brooks, 93, of Corsicana passed away Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005 at Heritage Oaks Retirement Village.
Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. today at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Lain Teel officiating. Interment will follow at Pattison Cemetery.
Mrs. Brooks was born Aug. 31, 1912 at her parent's farm near Emhouse, where she graduated from high school. Most of her life was spent in Corsicana, where she was employed at various local businesses. First at Golden Brothers Clothing Store for a short while, followed by several years at K. Wolens Department Store. In the 1950s she went to work for Sears in Corsicana, later transferring to their store in Orange. Following her retirement from Sears in Orange, she moved back to Corsicana, where she became an active member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She managed the nursery at Emmanuel until well into her 80s. Vera was also a member of the Rebecca Lodge for over 50 years. For many years prior to moving to Heritage Oaks, Vera lived on Park Row in Corsicana, taking great pride in maintaining her there.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward M. and Effie (Reid) Way; sisters Mrs. Mildred (Way) Robertson and Eunice (Way) Glass; and brother Valentine B. Way.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law George and Pamela Brooks of Barry; nephew Travis Robertson of Malakoff; nieces Joanne Davenport of Kansas City and Caroline Robertson of Lawson, Mo.
Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.
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