GIBSON, Ga. - Mr. Edgar Brooks, 86, of Magnolia Church Road, entered into rest Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at the Warrenton Health & Rehab. Center, Warrenton, Ga. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Avera, Ga., with Rev. Bill Seaman officiating. Mr. Brooks was a native of Jefferson Co., Ga., and was retired from Georgia-Tennessee Mining Company, Wrens, Ga. He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Mrs. Helen Whitehead Brooks; two daughters, Julia (Jerry) Brooks Stevenson of Warrenton and Barbara Brooks Bazemore of Gibson; one brother, Mr. George Brooks of Gibson; one sister, Mrs. Marie Dixon of Stapleton, Ga.; four grandchildren; and four great- grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Mr. Wesley and Mrs. Berta Hadden Brooks; four brothers, Edward, Oliver, Howard, and Homer Brooks; two sisters, Katie Lou Denton and Martha Brooks Malaczewski. The family will receive friends today from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Glascock County Concerned Citizens c/o Mrs. Corene Chalker, 3037 Bastonville Rd., Gibson, GA 30810. Sheppard Funeral Home, Gibson, Ga., is in charge of arrangements. Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com
The Augusta Chronicle-March 13, 2009
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