Son of Edgar Schley & Alma Celestia (PYE) BROOKS. Married Annie UNKNOWN. Father of at least four children.
"Former Resident Dies in Atlanta; Rites Here Today // Raleigh Leo BROOKS, 52, died at his residence in Atlanta yesterday at 4 a.m. following an illness of a week. // Born Jan. 16, 1900, in Columbus, Mr. BROOKS lived here until he moved to Atlanta about 18 years ago. He was an automobile mechanic. // Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie BROOKS, Atlanta; three sons, Raymond E. and Robert E. BROOKS, Phenix City, and John E. BROOKS, Atlanta; a daughter, Mrs. W. C. STRINGFELLOW, Phenix City; his father, Ed BROOKS, Columbus; 10 grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. // Funeral will be held at 4 p.m. today at Britton and Dobbs Chapel with the Rev. W. B. WINDHAM, pastor of Summerville Baptist Church, assisted by teh Rev. Jimmy HAYES, officiating. Burial will be in Patrick Cemetery. // Pallbearers will be J. L. BOOTH, N. B. WHATLEY, W. A. HELMS, J. L. HARRIS, H. G. JACKSON, J. R. PARKER Jr., and J. R. PARKER Sr." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Saturday, 04 OCT 1952, p. 7.]
Per Britton & Dobbs Funeral Home Records, 1889-1971 (transcribed and edited by Patsy Daniel Wright, 2010), p. 1364: Mr. Rollie Lee BROOKS, residing on Route 1, Phenix City, Ala., died 02 OCT 1952, aged 52 years, 8 months, and 16 days, cause of death not reported (shows that remains were "shipped in"), attending physician Atlanta, Georgia, doctor; buried 04 OCT 1952 at Patrick.
Per Georgia Death Index: Raleigh L. BROOKS, White male, died 02 OCT 1952, aged 52 years, in Fulton County, Georgia, as a resident of the same county, death certificate #23132.
This grave is not identifiably marked. It is perhaps either in the J. G. DAVIS lot, at the north end of Rows 4 & 5 in the Old Section (Section 1, per June Hanna's 1982 survey listing), or perhaps in the BROOKS lot at the north end of Row 2 in the same section.
More information on this cemetery and efforts to improve it may be found on the website maintained by the Patrick Memorial Cemetery Association.
"Former Resident Dies in Atlanta; Rites Here Today // Raleigh Leo BROOKS, 52, died at his residence in Atlanta yesterday at 4 a.m. following an illness of a week. // Born Jan. 16, 1900, in Columbus, Mr. BROOKS lived here until he moved to Atlanta about 18 years ago. He was an automobile mechanic. // Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie BROOKS, Atlanta; three sons, Raymond E. and Robert E. BROOKS, Phenix City, and John E. BROOKS, Atlanta; a daughter, Mrs. W. C. STRINGFELLOW, Phenix City; his father, Ed BROOKS, Columbus; 10 grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. // Funeral will be held at 4 p.m. today at Britton and Dobbs Chapel with the Rev. W. B. WINDHAM, pastor of Summerville Baptist Church, assisted by teh Rev. Jimmy HAYES, officiating. Burial will be in Patrick Cemetery. // Pallbearers will be J. L. BOOTH, N. B. WHATLEY, W. A. HELMS, J. L. HARRIS, H. G. JACKSON, J. R. PARKER Jr., and J. R. PARKER Sr." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Saturday, 04 OCT 1952, p. 7.]
Per Britton & Dobbs Funeral Home Records, 1889-1971 (transcribed and edited by Patsy Daniel Wright, 2010), p. 1364: Mr. Rollie Lee BROOKS, residing on Route 1, Phenix City, Ala., died 02 OCT 1952, aged 52 years, 8 months, and 16 days, cause of death not reported (shows that remains were "shipped in"), attending physician Atlanta, Georgia, doctor; buried 04 OCT 1952 at Patrick.
Per Georgia Death Index: Raleigh L. BROOKS, White male, died 02 OCT 1952, aged 52 years, in Fulton County, Georgia, as a resident of the same county, death certificate #23132.
This grave is not identifiably marked. It is perhaps either in the J. G. DAVIS lot, at the north end of Rows 4 & 5 in the Old Section (Section 1, per June Hanna's 1982 survey listing), or perhaps in the BROOKS lot at the north end of Row 2 in the same section.
More information on this cemetery and efforts to improve it may be found on the website maintained by the Patrick Memorial Cemetery Association.
Son of Edgar Schley & Alma Celestia (PYE) BROOKS. Married Annie UNKNOWN. Father of at least four children.
"Former Resident Dies in Atlanta; Rites Here Today // Raleigh Leo BROOKS, 52, died at his residence in Atlanta yesterday at 4 a.m. following an illness of a week. // Born Jan. 16, 1900, in Columbus, Mr. BROOKS lived here until he moved to Atlanta about 18 years ago. He was an automobile mechanic. // Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie BROOKS, Atlanta; three sons, Raymond E. and Robert E. BROOKS, Phenix City, and John E. BROOKS, Atlanta; a daughter, Mrs. W. C. STRINGFELLOW, Phenix City; his father, Ed BROOKS, Columbus; 10 grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. // Funeral will be held at 4 p.m. today at Britton and Dobbs Chapel with the Rev. W. B. WINDHAM, pastor of Summerville Baptist Church, assisted by teh Rev. Jimmy HAYES, officiating. Burial will be in Patrick Cemetery. // Pallbearers will be J. L. BOOTH, N. B. WHATLEY, W. A. HELMS, J. L. HARRIS, H. G. JACKSON, J. R. PARKER Jr., and J. R. PARKER Sr." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Saturday, 04 OCT 1952, p. 7.]
Per Britton & Dobbs Funeral Home Records, 1889-1971 (transcribed and edited by Patsy Daniel Wright, 2010), p. 1364: Mr. Rollie Lee BROOKS, residing on Route 1, Phenix City, Ala., died 02 OCT 1952, aged 52 years, 8 months, and 16 days, cause of death not reported (shows that remains were "shipped in"), attending physician Atlanta, Georgia, doctor; buried 04 OCT 1952 at Patrick.
Per Georgia Death Index: Raleigh L. BROOKS, White male, died 02 OCT 1952, aged 52 years, in Fulton County, Georgia, as a resident of the same county, death certificate #23132.
This grave is not identifiably marked. It is perhaps either in the J. G. DAVIS lot, at the north end of Rows 4 & 5 in the Old Section (Section 1, per June Hanna's 1982 survey listing), or perhaps in the BROOKS lot at the north end of Row 2 in the same section.
More information on this cemetery and efforts to improve it may be found on the website maintained by the Patrick Memorial Cemetery Association.
"Former Resident Dies in Atlanta; Rites Here Today // Raleigh Leo BROOKS, 52, died at his residence in Atlanta yesterday at 4 a.m. following an illness of a week. // Born Jan. 16, 1900, in Columbus, Mr. BROOKS lived here until he moved to Atlanta about 18 years ago. He was an automobile mechanic. // Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie BROOKS, Atlanta; three sons, Raymond E. and Robert E. BROOKS, Phenix City, and John E. BROOKS, Atlanta; a daughter, Mrs. W. C. STRINGFELLOW, Phenix City; his father, Ed BROOKS, Columbus; 10 grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. // Funeral will be held at 4 p.m. today at Britton and Dobbs Chapel with the Rev. W. B. WINDHAM, pastor of Summerville Baptist Church, assisted by teh Rev. Jimmy HAYES, officiating. Burial will be in Patrick Cemetery. // Pallbearers will be J. L. BOOTH, N. B. WHATLEY, W. A. HELMS, J. L. HARRIS, H. G. JACKSON, J. R. PARKER Jr., and J. R. PARKER Sr." [Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Saturday, 04 OCT 1952, p. 7.]
Per Britton & Dobbs Funeral Home Records, 1889-1971 (transcribed and edited by Patsy Daniel Wright, 2010), p. 1364: Mr. Rollie Lee BROOKS, residing on Route 1, Phenix City, Ala., died 02 OCT 1952, aged 52 years, 8 months, and 16 days, cause of death not reported (shows that remains were "shipped in"), attending physician Atlanta, Georgia, doctor; buried 04 OCT 1952 at Patrick.
Per Georgia Death Index: Raleigh L. BROOKS, White male, died 02 OCT 1952, aged 52 years, in Fulton County, Georgia, as a resident of the same county, death certificate #23132.
This grave is not identifiably marked. It is perhaps either in the J. G. DAVIS lot, at the north end of Rows 4 & 5 in the Old Section (Section 1, per June Hanna's 1982 survey listing), or perhaps in the BROOKS lot at the north end of Row 2 in the same section.
More information on this cemetery and efforts to improve it may be found on the website maintained by the Patrick Memorial Cemetery Association.
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