Brooks, Gideon Jr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BROO.G006
• _FGRAVE: 59703733
• Military Service: World War II, Corporal, United States Army

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

Family/Spouse: Allen, Leona Viola. Leona was born on 22 Jan 1921 in Richland County, Illinois; died on 23 Mar 2013 in Indiana; was buried in Noble Prairie Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]