posted August 17, 2008
Bernice Reba Mathis Brooks, 88, died on Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, at her residence.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin S. Brooks; daughter, Barbara Jean Metcalf; granddaughter, April Denise Mayes; parents, Daniel and Minnie Mathis; sons-in-law, Jerry Hegwood and Cecil Rainey; brothers, Hertis and D.V. Mathis; sister, Mae Caylor.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, James Larry and Pat Brooks, of Tunnel Hill; daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley Hegwood, Julia and Thomas Wilson and Joan Rainey, all of Dalton, Ga., Donnette and Rick Armstrong, Sheila and Lee Mayes and Stella and Lavonn Mayes, all of Ringgold, Ga.; 20 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; brothers and sisters-in-law, Everett and Margie Mathis, Earnest and Jessie Mathis and Tommy and Ruby Mathis, all of Dalton; nieces and nephews; special friends, Dolly Hancock, Steve and Lori Larmon and Dr. Poole.
The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, at the Pleasant Grove Chapel of Julian Peeples Funeral Home with the Rev. Marty Greene and the Rev. Larry Morgan officiating. Burial will be in Anderson Memorial Gardens in Ringgold.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 4-9 p.m.
Messages of comfort may be sent and the guest book signed at www.julianpeeples.com.
Arrangements are by Julian Peeples Funeral Home, Dalton, 706 259-7455.
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