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Paul Brooks

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Paul Brooks

Birth
Sunset, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
11 Feb 2021 (aged 76)
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
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Sunset- Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 11:00AM in Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel in Carencro for Paul Brooks, age 76, who passed away Thursday, February 11, 2021 at University Hospital and Clinics in Lafayette.
SUNSET ~ Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel in Carencro for Paul Brooks, age 76, who passed away Thursday, February 11, 2021 at University Hospital and Clinics in Lafayette.

Interment will be in Zion Travelers Baptist Cemetery. Pastor Brown will officiate at the services.

Mr. Brooks was a native of Carencro and lifelong resident of Sunset. A devout Christian, Paul was a devoted Deacon at Zion Travelers Baptist Church. He was good man who loved serving the Lord and preaching His word. In his spare time, he enjoyed BBQing, gardening, and taking care of others, especially his family. Anything you needed, if he had it, it was yours. He was a retired cement finisher for T.L. James for over thirty-five years and Metcan for over ten years. His loving and caring heart will be greatly missed by his legacy, relatives, and friends.

Survivors include one daughter, Lillian Joyce Perkins and her husband, Keith; four grandchildren, Raven Perkins of Woodlands, TX, Keith Perkins, II of Houston, TX, and Jordan Perkins and Justin Perkins of Beaumont, TX; and his Godchildren, Ronald Brooks of Sunset, Kevin Henry of Port Arthur, TX, April Jenkins of Beaumont, TX, Christine Jones of Sunset, Morris Richard, Jr., of Lafayette, Stephanie Washington of Clear Water, FL, and Tori Wildridge of Lafayette.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Valmont Brooks, Sr. and the former Eva Lilly both natives of Carencro; seven sisters, Mary Lee B. Richard, Anna Mae Brooks, Elizabeth B. Johnson, Adleine Brooks, Eva L. Brooks, Velma B. Little, and Catherine B. Minix; and three brothers, Isaac Brooks, Henry Brooks, and Valmont Brooks, Jr.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 9:00 a.m. Saturday until service time on Saturday.

Melancon Funeral Home, Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel, 4117 N. University Ave., Carencro, (337) 896-3232, is in charge of arrangements.
Sunset- Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 11:00AM in Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel in Carencro for Paul Brooks, age 76, who passed away Thursday, February 11, 2021 at University Hospital and Clinics in Lafayette.
SUNSET ~ Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel in Carencro for Paul Brooks, age 76, who passed away Thursday, February 11, 2021 at University Hospital and Clinics in Lafayette.

Interment will be in Zion Travelers Baptist Cemetery. Pastor Brown will officiate at the services.

Mr. Brooks was a native of Carencro and lifelong resident of Sunset. A devout Christian, Paul was a devoted Deacon at Zion Travelers Baptist Church. He was good man who loved serving the Lord and preaching His word. In his spare time, he enjoyed BBQing, gardening, and taking care of others, especially his family. Anything you needed, if he had it, it was yours. He was a retired cement finisher for T.L. James for over thirty-five years and Metcan for over ten years. His loving and caring heart will be greatly missed by his legacy, relatives, and friends.

Survivors include one daughter, Lillian Joyce Perkins and her husband, Keith; four grandchildren, Raven Perkins of Woodlands, TX, Keith Perkins, II of Houston, TX, and Jordan Perkins and Justin Perkins of Beaumont, TX; and his Godchildren, Ronald Brooks of Sunset, Kevin Henry of Port Arthur, TX, April Jenkins of Beaumont, TX, Christine Jones of Sunset, Morris Richard, Jr., of Lafayette, Stephanie Washington of Clear Water, FL, and Tori Wildridge of Lafayette.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Valmont Brooks, Sr. and the former Eva Lilly both natives of Carencro; seven sisters, Mary Lee B. Richard, Anna Mae Brooks, Elizabeth B. Johnson, Adleine Brooks, Eva L. Brooks, Velma B. Little, and Catherine B. Minix; and three brothers, Isaac Brooks, Henry Brooks, and Valmont Brooks, Jr.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 9:00 a.m. Saturday until service time on Saturday.

Melancon Funeral Home, Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel, 4117 N. University Ave., Carencro, (337) 896-3232, is in charge of arrangements.


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  • Created by: Josh Richard
  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223084503/paul-brooks: accessed ), memorial page for Paul Brooks (10 Apr 1944–11 Feb 2021), Find a Grave Memorial ID 223084503, citing Zion Travelers Baptist Church Cemetery, Sunset, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Josh Richard (contributor 48962907).