Beverley Brooke

BROOKE, Beverley Bowles, died on April 22, 2010 at Cedarfield Retirement Community from complications involving Parkinson's disease. She was the wife of Ralston Lewis Brooke, and the daughter of the late Dr. Charles Fuqua Bowles and Helen Huntley Bowles. Mrs. Brooke was born January 11, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia. She graduated from St. Catherine's School and attended Hollins College. She was a lifelong member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and a former member of the Junior League of Richmond, The Woman's Club, the Senior Board of the Children's Hospital and The Country Club of Virginia. She is survived by her husband; her son, Robert Lawrence Brooke; her daughter-in-law, Lynn Burris Brooke; three granddaughters, Caroline Young Brooke, Elizabeth Huntley Brooke and Ralston Burris Brooke, all of Richmond. She was preceded in death by her brother, Charles Fuqua Bowles Jr., also of Richmond. A memorial service will be held at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church on Tuesday, April 27, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial gifts to the St. Catherine's School Foundation.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.