Brooks, Gideon Jr.

1921 - 2006  (85 years)

• Name	Brooks, Gideon
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	23 Jul 1921	Richland County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BROO.G006
  _FGRAVE	59703733
  Military Service	World War II, Corporal, United States Army
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  Death	22 Nov 2006	St. Mary's Medical Center, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
  Person ID	I54870	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Allen, Leona Viola,   b. 22 Jan 1921, Richland County, Illinois d. 23 Mar 2013, Indiana (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F19915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cpl U. S. Army World War II Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart Gideon Brooks Jr., 85, of Noble, died at 12:16 p.m. Wednesday, November 22, 2006, at St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville, Ind. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday in the Chapel of Stasi-Grove Funeral Home in Olney. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church in Noble. Burial will be in Noble Prairie Cemetery in Noble. Rev. Marvin Leighty will be the officiating minister, and the Richland County Veterans Organization will conduct full military rites at the graveside. Mr. Brooks was born July 23,1921, in Richland County, the son of Gideon F. and Anna (Hughes) Brooks. He married Leona Allen in St. Charles, Mo. on February 28, 1943. She survives. Mr. Brooks was a farmer by trade, a member of First Christian Church in Noble, and a World War II U.S. Army veteran. He enlisted in the Army on September 3,1942, and on October 22,1944, he was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery displayed in the battle for Harcourt Woods in France. He was awarded a Purple Heart for wounds received in that battle. He was transferred to a hospital in England to recover. He finished the remainder of the war as a truck driver in Belgium, and was discharged on December 2,1945. Mr. Brooks was a member of the Olney Veterans of 1 Foreign Wars, a member of American Legion Post #30, and the Disabled American Veterans. He will be sadly missed by his family, friends, neighbors and all who knew him. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Leona of Noble, son, Danny Brooks and his wife Carolyne of Noble, daughter, Barbara Graham and her husband Alfred, of Commiskey, Ind., brother, Bill Brooks and his wife Angie of St. Angelo, Texas, six grandchildren, Eric Brooks and his wife Donna, Joel Brooks, Timothy Brooks and his wife Chelsey, Todd Baker, Susie Pearson and Billy Graham, great-grandchildren, Zachary Pearson, Cody Pearson, Emily Pearson, Gideon Brooks and LeAnn Graham. Mr. Brooks was preceded in death by his parents, Gideon and Annie Brooks, two sisters, Mary Josephine Brooks, who died in infancy, Pauline Foster and two brothers, Bernard and Raymond Brooks. Memorials may be made to First Christian Church of Noble. The Olney (IL) Daily Mail, November 2006