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Martha <I>Parks</I> Brooks

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Martha Parks Brooks

Birth
Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA
Death
6 May 1966 (aged 94)
Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Plot
Section 50 Block 23 Grave A3
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MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER

Caldwell, Idaho

Services for Mrs. Martha Brooks, 94, formerly of 719 South Tenth Ave. who died Friday, in a Caldwell nursing home, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Flahiff chapel. The Rev. Kenneth Armstrong will officiate. Interment will be at Cloverdale.

Mrs. Brooks was born Dec. 15, 1871, in Claiborne County Tenn. and was married there Nov. 4, 1888 to William Brooks.

The couple came to Caldwell in September 1907 and operated the second hand store and the Brooks Motor and Service Stations in Boise Valley.

Mrs. Brooks was a member of the Memorial Park baptist Church, a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and active in missionary work. Her husband died Feb. 13, 1960 in Caldwell.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Elsie Wilson, Mrs. Glessie Corbin, Mrs. Cecile Olson and Mrs. Neita Inglis, all of Boise, a sister Mrs. Will Rowlett, Jonesville, Va., nine grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Earl E. Brooks, in 1963 in Caldwell, and five brothers and five sisters.

For more information on the Parks family:
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MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER

Caldwell, Idaho

Services for Mrs. Martha Brooks, 94, formerly of 719 South Tenth Ave. who died Friday, in a Caldwell nursing home, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Flahiff chapel. The Rev. Kenneth Armstrong will officiate. Interment will be at Cloverdale.

Mrs. Brooks was born Dec. 15, 1871, in Claiborne County Tenn. and was married there Nov. 4, 1888 to William Brooks.

The couple came to Caldwell in September 1907 and operated the second hand store and the Brooks Motor and Service Stations in Boise Valley.

Mrs. Brooks was a member of the Memorial Park baptist Church, a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and active in missionary work. Her husband died Feb. 13, 1960 in Caldwell.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Elsie Wilson, Mrs. Glessie Corbin, Mrs. Cecile Olson and Mrs. Neita Inglis, all of Boise, a sister Mrs. Will Rowlett, Jonesville, Va., nine grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Earl E. Brooks, in 1963 in Caldwell, and five brothers and five sisters.

For more information on the Parks family:
Find A Grave member - Not Forgotten -- bmt has a great deal of information.

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  • Created by: mike ford
  • Added: Aug 8, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11497826/martha-brooks: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Parks Brooks (15 Dec 1871–6 May 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11497826, citing Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA; Maintained by mike ford (contributor 46799704).