October 28, 1924 - January 05, 2021
Laverne Annie Brookes, 96, of Sweetwater passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Sweetwater Health Care.
A family and friend’s visitation will be held from 12:00 noon until 2:00 P.M. Friday, January 8, 2021 at McCoy Funeral Home. No other public services will be held.
Laverne was born October 28, 1924 at Crawford, Texas to the late Frank William and Ida Louise (Teetz) Pietzsch. She was a graduate of Roscoe High School in 1943. Laverne married William Paul “Juno” Brookes July 11, 1963 at Sweetwater, after the death of her first husband Walter Thomas Watt in 1961.
She worked for many years at Cardwell Beauty Salon in Sweetwater as a hairdresser. Laverne has lived in the area since 1939, was a member of First Salem Lutheran Church in Roscoe, American Legion and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
She is survived by her children, Thomas Watt and wife Maxine of Aiken, South Carolina and Tracy Coffman and husband Wayne of Odessa; grandchildren, Derrick Kidd of Sweetwater, Jennifer Elliott of Fort Worth and Leigh Brookes of Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Laverne is also preceded in death by her 2nd husband, “Juno” Brookes; and her brothers, Frank, Wilbert and Herbert Pietzsch.
From online memorials, McCoy Funeral Home, Sweetwater, Texas
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October 28, 1924 - January 05, 2021
Laverne Annie Brookes, 96, of Sweetwater passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Sweetwater Health Care.
A family and friend’s visitation will be held from 12:00 noon until 2:00 P.M. Friday, January 8, 2021 at McCoy Funeral Home. No other public services will be held.
Laverne was born October 28, 1924 at Crawford, Texas to the late Frank William and Ida Louise (Teetz) Pietzsch. She was a graduate of Roscoe High School in 1943. Laverne married William Paul “Juno” Brookes July 11, 1963 at Sweetwater, after the death of her first husband Walter Thomas Watt in 1961.
She worked for many years at Cardwell Beauty Salon in Sweetwater as a hairdresser. Laverne has lived in the area since 1939, was a member of First Salem Lutheran Church in Roscoe, American Legion and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
She is survived by her children, Thomas Watt and wife Maxine of Aiken, South Carolina and Tracy Coffman and husband Wayne of Odessa; grandchildren, Derrick Kidd of Sweetwater, Jennifer Elliott of Fort Worth and Leigh Brookes of Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Laverne is also preceded in death by her 2nd husband, “Juno” Brookes; and her brothers, Frank, Wilbert and Herbert Pietzsch.
From online memorials, McCoy Funeral Home, Sweetwater, Texas
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