Paris News
Tues. Oct. 13, 1998
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Katherine Staples Brooks, 85, formerly of Paris, died Monday, Oct. 12, 1998, in Beaumont.
Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home will conduct graveside services at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Evergreen cemetery with the Rev. Doug Miller officiating. Visitation will be from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Brooks was born Nov. 26, 1912, in Paris to Willie Webster and Katherine Hoyroyd [sic: Holroyd] Staples. She had been employed in the x-ray department at McCuistion Regional Medical Center and was a member of First United Methodist Church. She married Orby W. Brooks March 14, 1937. He died May 6, 1993. She was also preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters.
Surviving are two children, Beth Graham of Beaumont and Orby Staples Brooks of Dumas; five grandchildren, Greg Graham, Lance Graham, Bill Brooks, Joel Brooks and Laura Myers; and four great-grandchildren.
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Paris News
Tues. Oct. 13, 1998
Pg. 4B
Katherine Staples Brooks, 85, formerly of Paris, died Monday, Oct. 12, 1998, in Beaumont.
Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home will conduct graveside services at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Evergreen cemetery with the Rev. Doug Miller officiating. Visitation will be from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Brooks was born Nov. 26, 1912, in Paris to Willie Webster and Katherine Hoyroyd [sic: Holroyd] Staples. She had been employed in the x-ray department at McCuistion Regional Medical Center and was a member of First United Methodist Church. She married Orby W. Brooks March 14, 1937. He died May 6, 1993. She was also preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters.
Surviving are two children, Beth Graham of Beaumont and Orby Staples Brooks of Dumas; five grandchildren, Greg Graham, Lance Graham, Bill Brooks, Joel Brooks and Laura Myers; and four great-grandchildren.
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