Brooks, James Thomas
James Thomas “Jimmy” Brooks, Jr. of Lyles, formerly of Hampshire, died November 25, 2009. Funeral services were held 2:30 p.m. Saturday, November 28, 2009 in the chapel of McDonald Funeral Home in Centerville with Stan Butt, Matthew Kincade, and Bill McDonald officiating. Interment was in Little Lot Cemetery in Hickman County. Mr. Brooks, age 67, was born November 9, 1942 in Hampshire to the late James Thomas Brooks, Sr. and Mary Cleo Shannon Brooks. A 1960 graduate of Lewis County High School, he was an employee of Trigreen Implement Co. in Columbia and was an elder of the Anderson Bend Church of Christ. He is survived by his wife, Edith Mae Mobley Brooks of Lyles; daughters, Deborah Joyce “Debbie” (Stephen) Mencer of Centerville and Kristie Lea (Richie) Turnbo of Columbia; two grandchildren; two brothers, Billy Brooks of Columbia and Sammy Brooks of Cross Bridges; three sisters, Alice Faye Hines of Columbia, Betsy Tiller of Hohenwald, and Marie Smith of Kentucky.