TITLE:   Preston Brooks

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 9, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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BROOKS, Preston Entered into eternal rest on the morning of June 8, 
2001, Preston Otto Brooks, husband of Patricia Usry Brooks. Residence, 
Cottageville, S.C. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Preston 
Otto Brooks are invited to attend the funeral services of the former 
in Midland Park Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon, June 10, 2001, at 
4:30 o'clock. Interment, Carolina Memorial Gardens. Friends may call 
at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL, this (Saturday) 
evening between 6 and 8 o'clock. Mr. Brooks was born November 13, 
1926, in Ladson, S.C., the son of the late Philip Oliver and Mattie E. 
Willis Brooks. He was a member of Midland Park Baptist Church where he 
served as a Deacon. He was a United States Navy veteran serving in 
World War II, receiving a Victory Medal. He was also a recipient of 
the American Area Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, 
Philippine Liberation Ribbon, and the Point System Medal. He was a 
retired foreman for Bird and Son Roofing Company. He was president and
co-president of Ladson Hunt Club. He is survived by his wife of 
Cottageville, S.C.; one son, Paul Oliver Brooks of North Charleston, 
S.C.; one daughter, Donna Brooks Risinger of Summerville, S.C.; one 
daughter, Donna Brooks Risinger of Summerville, S.C.; one sister, Ruth 
Murray of Johns Island, S.C.; three grandchildren, Jennifer Brooke 
Risinger of Summerville, S.C., Philip Obrien Brooks and Amber Michele 
Brooks, both of North Charleston, S.C. Flowers accepted or memorials 
may be made to Midland Park Baptist Church Building Fund, 2427 Midland 
Park Road, North Charleston, S.C. 29406. (The Post and Courier June 9
2001)


BROOKS, Preston The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Otto 
Brooks are invited to attend the funeral services of the former in 
Midland Park Baptist Church, this afternoon, June 10, 2001, at 4:30 
o'clock. Interment, Carolina Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at J. 
HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL. (The Post and Courier June
10, 2001)
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