Marshall William Brooks Jr.

I have very fond memories of my grandfather and his pranks he would pull to keep every one laughing. I mostly remember his cigars and the Old Grand Dad. It has been tough over the past years to get to see him and it became even more difficult when I heard he'd been taken with Alzhiemer's. So I will remember him as a Happy go lucky soul and my smiling Grandfather. There's a card game in heaven now, (John Henry, Marshal Branch, Uncle Pappy,Aunt Crissy, Aunt Maude, Aunt Helen,and now my...

This was read by me at funeral:

EULOGY for “MARSHALL WILLIAM BROOKS JR.”
May 25, 2006


My father, Marshall William Brooks Jr. was born in Hagerstown Maryland on April 27, 1918, to parents Marshall Sr. & Martha Brooks the last of their kids to be born. The youngest of his brothers, Lawrence and Mitchell his sisters, Ellen, Leah & Maude. And now as he was the last of the family to come into this world, he is...