Anne S. Brooks

Published 12:36 am Saturday, June 4, 2011

Mrs. Anne Myrtle Sheppard Brooks, age 72, a resident of 125 E. Eighth St., Washington, N.C., died Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, N.C.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 5, 2011, from the chapel of Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington officiated by pastor David Ingram. Burial will follow in Oakdale Cemetery. Ji Anthony Paramore, Alan P. Brooks, Reginald Dillon Brooks, Ricky Gene Beacham Jr., Ernest Armstead Sheppard Jr. and Derek C. Brooks will serve as pallbearers. Wyatt Beacham, Tyler Cole Bradshaw and Jordan Allen Bradshaw will serve as honorary pallbearers.

Mrs. Brooks was born in Beaufort County on Nov. 21, 1938, daughter of the late Ernest Armstead Sheppard and Emily Elizabeth Woolard Sheppard. She graduated from Washington High School and attended Beaufort County Community College. On July 18, 1960, she married Floyd Allen “Butterball” Brooks who preceded her in death on Dec. 22, 1997. Mrs. Brooks was a member of the 15th Street Church of God.

Mrs. Brooks is survived by three daughters: Evelyn Brooks Tetterton and her husband Burnie of Bethel, Elizabeth Brooks Beacham and her husband Ricky of Chocowinity and Trudy Lynn Brooks Paramore and her husband Leslie of Blounts Creek, three sons: Lester Paul Brooks, Floyd Allen Brooks Jr. and his wife Tessie and Reginald C. Brooks, all of Washington, a brother; Ernest A. Sheppard Jr. of Washington; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents and her husband, Mrs. Brooks is preceded in death by a brother; Donald Ray Sheppard and a sister; Juanita Sheppard Godley.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday June 4, 2011, at Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington and other times at the home.

You may address your condolences and view the video tribute (available Saturday morning) by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com.

Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington is honored to serve the Brooks Family.