Mrs Gerta Roberts Brooks, 67, of the Bluff section, Hot Springs, Rt 2, died unexpectedly Sunday, August 24, 1969 while visiting in Hendersonville.
A native of Bonnie Hill, she was the widow of David O Brooks, who died last Wednesday.
Surviving are seven daughters: Mrs Selma Watson of Louisville, KY, Mrs Sylvia Finley and miss Nina Brooks, both of Hot Springs Rt 2, Mrs Olive Hall of Elizabeth, Ind, Mrs Jane Dunlap and Mrs Mary Sams, both of Hendersonville and Mrs Juanita Fletcher of Asheville; four sons, Lionel and Tommy, both of Hot Springs, Fred of Hendersonville and Rex Brooks of the US Army; two brothers, Fred and Frank Roberts, both of Laurens, SC; two sisters, Mrs Evie Lyons of Laurens and Mrs Martha Chumley of Greenwood, SC and 19 grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 pm Wednesday in Zion Baptist Church, of which she was a member.
The Rev Sam Austin and the Rev Estel Strickland officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Rochell Parker, Dempsey Woody, Cecil Pangle, Dannie Lusk, Jack Caldwell and Francis Kent.
Mrs Gerta Roberts Brooks, 67, of the Bluff section, Hot Springs, Rt 2, died unexpectedly Sunday, August 24, 1969 while visiting in Hendersonville.
A native of Bonnie Hill, she was the widow of David O Brooks, who died last Wednesday.
Surviving are seven daughters: Mrs Selma Watson of Louisville, KY, Mrs Sylvia Finley and miss Nina Brooks, both of Hot Springs Rt 2, Mrs Olive Hall of Elizabeth, Ind, Mrs Jane Dunlap and Mrs Mary Sams, both of Hendersonville and Mrs Juanita Fletcher of Asheville; four sons, Lionel and Tommy, both of Hot Springs, Fred of Hendersonville and Rex Brooks of the US Army; two brothers, Fred and Frank Roberts, both of Laurens, SC; two sisters, Mrs Evie Lyons of Laurens and Mrs Martha Chumley of Greenwood, SC and 19 grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 pm Wednesday in Zion Baptist Church, of which she was a member.
The Rev Sam Austin and the Rev Estel Strickland officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Rochell Parker, Dempsey Woody, Cecil Pangle, Dannie Lusk, Jack Caldwell and Francis Kent.
Family Members
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Reuben Loyd Brooks
1918–1918
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Selma Watson
1920–1999
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Frances Elizabeth Brooks
1922–1922
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Lionel Odell Brooks
1923–2012
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Sylvia Iris Brooks Finley
1925–2006
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Bertie Olive Brooks Hall
1926–1983
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Dolmon Franklin Brooks
1929–1929
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Donnal Terrell Brooks
1929–1929
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Fred Oliver Brooks
1930–2009
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Laura Jean Brooks Dunlap
1932–2016
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Sidney Thomas Brooks
1935–1979
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Jennie Juanita Brooks Fletcher
1937–1999
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David Jackson Brooks
1939–1940
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Cletus Rex Brooks
1947–2012
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