2nd marriage: Davis J. Brooks married Addie L. Elliott, Sept. 6, 1908, by J. D. Bethune
From ancestry.com
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1st wife was Mary S. Moore, may have been called "Ranie", b. 1892 - d. unknown. Daughter of George Coleman & Mary Summerour Moore. They had a son, Lonnie Johnston Brooks, (1907-1911).
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Final rites for Davis J. Brooks, 80, of 1208 Williams Ave., in Fort Payne were held May 7, at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with Rev. Melvin Waters and Charlie Grant officiating. Interment was in Trinity Cemetery with grave side services by the Odd Fellows with Wilson Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Brooks was retired and a member of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church and an Odd Fellow.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Zella Brooks at home; four sons, Ray of Fort Payne, Thurston of Fyffe, Wesley of Tuscaloosa and J. D. of Rossville; four daughters, Mrs. Emma Parker, and Mrs. Thelma Lee Davis of Chattanooga, Mrs. Marie Pendergrass of Arab and Mrs. Faye Garrett of New Orleans; six brothers, Dee, Doc, Edgar, Leon, Tommie and Ambors; four sisters, Mrs. Della Stone, Mrs. Rose Benefield, Mrs. Bertha Shankles and Mrs. Carrie Goodridge; 25 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren.
2nd marriage: Davis J. Brooks married Addie L. Elliott, Sept. 6, 1908, by J. D. Bethune
From ancestry.com
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1st wife was Mary S. Moore, may have been called "Ranie", b. 1892 - d. unknown. Daughter of George Coleman & Mary Summerour Moore. They had a son, Lonnie Johnston Brooks, (1907-1911).
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Final rites for Davis J. Brooks, 80, of 1208 Williams Ave., in Fort Payne were held May 7, at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with Rev. Melvin Waters and Charlie Grant officiating. Interment was in Trinity Cemetery with grave side services by the Odd Fellows with Wilson Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Brooks was retired and a member of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church and an Odd Fellow.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Zella Brooks at home; four sons, Ray of Fort Payne, Thurston of Fyffe, Wesley of Tuscaloosa and J. D. of Rossville; four daughters, Mrs. Emma Parker, and Mrs. Thelma Lee Davis of Chattanooga, Mrs. Marie Pendergrass of Arab and Mrs. Faye Garrett of New Orleans; six brothers, Dee, Doc, Edgar, Leon, Tommie and Ambors; four sisters, Mrs. Della Stone, Mrs. Rose Benefield, Mrs. Bertha Shankles and Mrs. Carrie Goodridge; 25 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren.
Family Members
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Della Lee Brooks Stone
1887–1970
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William Perry Brooks Sr
1888–1958
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Rosa Lee "Rosie" Brooks Smith
1890–1966
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Bertha Mae Brooks Shankles
1893–1986
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Docter Eves Brooks
1896–1989
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Devanniel D. "Deedy" Brooks
1899–1989
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William Edgar "Ed" Brooks
1900–1987
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Carrie Margaret Brooks Goodridge
1902–1999
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Willie Levine Brooks Graham
1904–1945
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Thomas "Tommie" Brooks
1906–1996
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Lonnie Ambers Brooks
1908–1973
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Leon Brooks
1910–2007
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Lonnie Johnston Brooks
1907–1911
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Roy Edwin Brooks
1909–1994
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Thurston Ezra Brooks
1911–2000
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Wesley Louie Brooks
1913–1998
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Marie Elizabeth Brooks Pendergrass
1915–2009
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Martha Emma Lee "Pat" Brooks Parker
1918–2008
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Joseph David "Pete" Brooks
1921–2017
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Rosa Faye Brooks Glockner
1924–1997
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Freeman L. Brooks
1927–1928
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