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Thomas Milton Brooks, (17 Nov 1920 - 26 Dec 1996) Age 76
He was the son of Richard Brooks and Bertha Faison.
1939 graduate John Marshall High School, Richmond, VA
Enlisted in Coast Guard
On 11 Nov 1944 in New York City, New York
On Thursday, 26 Dec 1996 in Richmond, Virginia, Thomas Milton Brooks died. He was 76 years old.
His remains were laid to rest at Dale Memorial Park, Plot: Garden of the Gospels, Section 1, Chesterfield, VA. Find A Grave: Memorial #256516241
“Brooks – Thomas Milton Brooks, 76, of Richmond, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, December 26, 1996. He is survived by his wife, Frances Brooks; his children, Thomas Richard and Robert Alan Brooks and Jean Holly McMurtry; his sister, Glada Lee Snoke; and nine grandchildren. His remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Home’s Chippenham Chapel, 6900 Hull Street Road, where the family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Friday and where services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday. Interment Dale Memorial Park. Mr. Brooks was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was a Deacon and Trustee at Friendship Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be mad to the Friendship Baptist Church Building Fund.” Published in Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) Friday, 27 December 1996, Column 1, Page B2. (Digitized page20) Accessed via https://www.newspapers.com/image/833006552/
“Brooks Is Assigned As Diesel Fireman. T. Milton Brooks, son of Mrs. R. H. Brooks of 3300 Decatur St., left recently for the United States Coast Guard training base at Manhattan Beach, New York. A graduate of John Marshall High School and a former Diesel technician, the Richmonder has been assigned as second-class Diesel fireman with the Coastal Patrol.” Published in The Richmond News Leader (Richmond, Virginia) Thursday, 14 May 1942, Column 2, Page 41. Accessed via https://www.newspapers.com/image/760240289/
Frances Victoria Remez Brooks, (23 Mar 1922 - 17 Jul 2003) Aged 81; Dale Memorial Park, Chesterfield, VA., Find A Grave: Memorial #31679780
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