Evidently the son of John Isham & Ella I. (WILLIS) BROOKS.
"DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN.--Mr. Jas. W. [sic] BROOKS, eighteen years of age, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. [sic] BROOKS, died at their residence five miles east of the city yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Death resulted from typhoid fever. The funeral will occur this morning at 9 o'clock, and the interment will be at the J. H. PATRICK burying ground." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Friday, 17 AUG 1894, p. 4.]
June Hanna, in her 1982 survey listing, reports: Headstone: In / Memory of / James T. Brooks / Born April 4 / 1877 / Died August 16 / 1894; slab: (illegible verse). This grave is in the J. G. DAVIS lot, at the north end of Row 4 in the Old Section (Hanna's Section 1). At present, only the lower half of the headstone, bearing the death year of 1894, can be found (overwritten in black paint or marker that the grave was fixed by Raymond BROOKS). The ledger is inscribed with the following verse: "A PRECIOUS ONE FROM [US] / IS GONE, A VOICE WE / LOVED IS STILL; A PLACE / IS VACANT IN OUR HOME / WHICH NEVER CAN BE / FILLED. / TIS HARD TO BREAK THE / TENDER CORD WHEN LOVE / HAS BOUND THE HEART, / TIS HARD SO HARD TO / SPEAK THE WORD, / MUST WE FOREVER PART"
Brother: Issac Wilbur BROOKS (1867-1920)
Sister: Lourina Keziah "Lula" (BROOKS) BATTLEY DAVIS (1869-1955)
Brother: John Isham BROOKS (Jr.) (ca. 1871-before 1920)
William Joseph BROOKS, Sr. (1872-1933)
Sister: Johncie Lee (BROOKS) YOUNG (1874-1911)
Brother: Edgar Schley BROOKS (1878-1956)
Sister: Anga Beulah (BROOKS) HORN MARTIN RUSCHER STANLEY (1885-1959)
More information on this cemetery and efforts to improve it may be found on the website maintained by the Patrick Memorial Cemetery Association.
"DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN.--Mr. Jas. W. [sic] BROOKS, eighteen years of age, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. [sic] BROOKS, died at their residence five miles east of the city yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Death resulted from typhoid fever. The funeral will occur this morning at 9 o'clock, and the interment will be at the J. H. PATRICK burying ground." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Friday, 17 AUG 1894, p. 4.]
June Hanna, in her 1982 survey listing, reports: Headstone: In / Memory of / James T. Brooks / Born April 4 / 1877 / Died August 16 / 1894; slab: (illegible verse). This grave is in the J. G. DAVIS lot, at the north end of Row 4 in the Old Section (Hanna's Section 1). At present, only the lower half of the headstone, bearing the death year of 1894, can be found (overwritten in black paint or marker that the grave was fixed by Raymond BROOKS). The ledger is inscribed with the following verse: "A PRECIOUS ONE FROM [US] / IS GONE, A VOICE WE / LOVED IS STILL; A PLACE / IS VACANT IN OUR HOME / WHICH NEVER CAN BE / FILLED. / TIS HARD TO BREAK THE / TENDER CORD WHEN LOVE / HAS BOUND THE HEART, / TIS HARD SO HARD TO / SPEAK THE WORD, / MUST WE FOREVER PART"
Brother: Issac Wilbur BROOKS (1867-1920)
Sister: Lourina Keziah "Lula" (BROOKS) BATTLEY DAVIS (1869-1955)
Brother: John Isham BROOKS (Jr.) (ca. 1871-before 1920)
William Joseph BROOKS, Sr. (1872-1933)
Sister: Johncie Lee (BROOKS) YOUNG (1874-1911)
Brother: Edgar Schley BROOKS (1878-1956)
Sister: Anga Beulah (BROOKS) HORN MARTIN RUSCHER STANLEY (1885-1959)
More information on this cemetery and efforts to improve it may be found on the website maintained by the Patrick Memorial Cemetery Association.
Evidently the son of John Isham & Ella I. (WILLIS) BROOKS.
"DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN.--Mr. Jas. W. [sic] BROOKS, eighteen years of age, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. [sic] BROOKS, died at their residence five miles east of the city yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Death resulted from typhoid fever. The funeral will occur this morning at 9 o'clock, and the interment will be at the J. H. PATRICK burying ground." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Friday, 17 AUG 1894, p. 4.]
June Hanna, in her 1982 survey listing, reports: Headstone: In / Memory of / James T. Brooks / Born April 4 / 1877 / Died August 16 / 1894; slab: (illegible verse). This grave is in the J. G. DAVIS lot, at the north end of Row 4 in the Old Section (Hanna's Section 1). At present, only the lower half of the headstone, bearing the death year of 1894, can be found (overwritten in black paint or marker that the grave was fixed by Raymond BROOKS). The ledger is inscribed with the following verse: "A PRECIOUS ONE FROM [US] / IS GONE, A VOICE WE / LOVED IS STILL; A PLACE / IS VACANT IN OUR HOME / WHICH NEVER CAN BE / FILLED. / TIS HARD TO BREAK THE / TENDER CORD WHEN LOVE / HAS BOUND THE HEART, / TIS HARD SO HARD TO / SPEAK THE WORD, / MUST WE FOREVER PART"
Brother: Issac Wilbur BROOKS (1867-1920)
Sister: Lourina Keziah "Lula" (BROOKS) BATTLEY DAVIS (1869-1955)
Brother: John Isham BROOKS (Jr.) (ca. 1871-before 1920)
William Joseph BROOKS, Sr. (1872-1933)
Sister: Johncie Lee (BROOKS) YOUNG (1874-1911)
Brother: Edgar Schley BROOKS (1878-1956)
Sister: Anga Beulah (BROOKS) HORN MARTIN RUSCHER STANLEY (1885-1959)
More information on this cemetery and efforts to improve it may be found on the website maintained by the Patrick Memorial Cemetery Association.
"DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN.--Mr. Jas. W. [sic] BROOKS, eighteen years of age, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. [sic] BROOKS, died at their residence five miles east of the city yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Death resulted from typhoid fever. The funeral will occur this morning at 9 o'clock, and the interment will be at the J. H. PATRICK burying ground." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Friday, 17 AUG 1894, p. 4.]
June Hanna, in her 1982 survey listing, reports: Headstone: In / Memory of / James T. Brooks / Born April 4 / 1877 / Died August 16 / 1894; slab: (illegible verse). This grave is in the J. G. DAVIS lot, at the north end of Row 4 in the Old Section (Hanna's Section 1). At present, only the lower half of the headstone, bearing the death year of 1894, can be found (overwritten in black paint or marker that the grave was fixed by Raymond BROOKS). The ledger is inscribed with the following verse: "A PRECIOUS ONE FROM [US] / IS GONE, A VOICE WE / LOVED IS STILL; A PLACE / IS VACANT IN OUR HOME / WHICH NEVER CAN BE / FILLED. / TIS HARD TO BREAK THE / TENDER CORD WHEN LOVE / HAS BOUND THE HEART, / TIS HARD SO HARD TO / SPEAK THE WORD, / MUST WE FOREVER PART"
Brother: Issac Wilbur BROOKS (1867-1920)
Sister: Lourina Keziah "Lula" (BROOKS) BATTLEY DAVIS (1869-1955)
Brother: John Isham BROOKS (Jr.) (ca. 1871-before 1920)
William Joseph BROOKS, Sr. (1872-1933)
Sister: Johncie Lee (BROOKS) YOUNG (1874-1911)
Brother: Edgar Schley BROOKS (1878-1956)
Sister: Anga Beulah (BROOKS) HORN MARTIN RUSCHER STANLEY (1885-1959)
More information on this cemetery and efforts to improve it may be found on the website maintained by the Patrick Memorial Cemetery Association.
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