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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Sam Brooks
Sam
Brooks
November 20, 1937 – December 18, 2017
Sam Brooks' Obituary
John Samuel "Sam" Brooks, 80, of Rives passed away 6:32 p.m. Monday, December 18, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City.
Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother John Blackwell will officiate. Burial will follow in Alamo Cemetery near Rives.
Visitation will be held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m. until the hour of services Wednesday.
Pallbearers will be Justin Craig, Matthew Brooks, Ted Barnett, Larry Coleman, Paul Hannings, and Bill Wall.
Mr. Brooks was born November 20, 1937, in Weakley County, son of the late Charlie Thomas and Verline (Hill) Brooks. He married Doris (Fowlkes) Brooks June 1, 1956. She survives. Mr. Brooks retired from the former Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Union City in 1998 after 30 years of service. He was a member of Mt. Pelia Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and a Sunday school teacher.
He is also survived by one daughter, Lisa Craig of Rives; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Peggy Brooks and Michael Brooks all of Rives; two sisters, Aline Yarbrough of California and Louise Roberts of Dyersburg; one brother, C.T. Brooks of Rives; seven grandchildren, Josh Brooks of Memphis, Jeremy Brooks, Matthew Brooks, Andrea Craig and Alexis Craig all of Rives, Jennifer Brooks of Union City and Justin Craig of Fulton, Kentucky; and four great grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by his son-in-law, Jimmy Craig; one sister, Evelyn McCullar; and two brothers, Arthur Brooks and Paul Brooks.
Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home
731-885-1033
Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother John Blackwell will officiate. Burial will follow in Alamo Cemetery near Rives.
Visitation will be held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m. until the hour of services Wednesday.
Pallbearers will be Justin Craig, Matthew Brooks, Ted Barnett, Larry Coleman, Paul Hannings, and Bill Wall.
Mr. Brooks was born November 20, 1937, in Weakley County, son of the late Charlie Thomas and Verline (Hill) Brooks. He married Doris (Fowlkes) Brooks June 1, 1956. She survives. Mr. Brooks retired from the former Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Union City in 1998 after 30 years of service. He was a member of Mt. Pelia Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and a Sunday school teacher.
He is also survived by one daughter, Lisa Craig of Rives; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Peggy Brooks and Michael Brooks all of Rives; two sisters, Aline Yarbrough of California and Louise Roberts of Dyersburg; one brother, C.T. Brooks of Rives; seven grandchildren, Josh Brooks of Memphis, Jeremy Brooks, Matthew Brooks, Andrea Craig and Alexis Craig all of Rives, Jennifer Brooks of Union City and Justin Craig of Fulton, Kentucky; and four great grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by his son-in-law, Jimmy Craig; one sister, Evelyn McCullar; and two brothers, Arthur Brooks and Paul Brooks.
Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home
731-885-1033
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