Person:Blanche Brooks (1)

Obituary of Blanche Willorene Brooks as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 9 Jun 1939. Numerous friends throughout the county were sadly shocked by the death of Miss Blanche Willorene Brooks, sixteen year old school girl and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Brooks, of Pebble City Community, which occurred at 12:15 PM at Putney Memorial Hospital after a three days illness. She was taken ill Monday and was carried t the hospital, where she underwent an appendix operation. Miss Brooks was the only daughter of her parents and grew up in Pebble City Community. She attended Pelham High School up to the end of the recently closed school year and was a popular and active student. Funeral services have been arranged to take place Thursday afternoon at 4:00 PM at Mt. Zion Baptist church, Rev S. O. Thomas will conduct the service and a group of Pelham school class mates will act as pall bearers. Interment will be in the cemetery near the church. Warm sympathy of numerous friends goes out to the heartbroken parents in their loss.