Verlin "Buddy" Brooks

Verlin "Buddy" Brooks, 84, of Newark, died Thursday. Preceded by wife, Willeen. Survivors: son, Kerry "K.B." Brooks; daughter, Debra K. Brooks; granddaughter, Cheyenne Brooks; and sisters, Velma Brooks and Elma Kay High. Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday, Newark First Baptist Church. Visitation: beginning Monday 10 a.m. Arrangements by Jackson's Newark Funeral Home. www.jacksonsfh.com