Lula Lee Howie Brooks
Lula Lee Howie Brooks, 77, of Hamburg, died Saturday, July 9, 2016. Mrs. Brooks was a native and lifelong resident of Ashley County. She graduated from Portland High School in 1958. She was a homemaker and she worked for Foote's and Jade Grocery Store for 40 years. She was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and loved her church family. She loved to cook and wanted people to come and enjoy it.
She is preceded in death by her husband, H.S. Brooks in 1995; a daughter, Olivia Ann Brooks; a grandson, Benjamin Charles Brooks; her parents, Seab & Noba Lee Pruitt Howie; and a sister, Sarah Mae Howie.
She is survived by two sons, Rev. Sanders Brooks and wife, Rhonda of Monticello and Don Brooks and wife, Kathryn of Cabot; two sisters, Mary Alice Jackson of Tatum, Texas and Lois Mitchell of Gladewater, Texas; four grandchildren: D.J. Brooks of Conway, Megan Bateman and husband, Nick of Starkville, Miss., Joseph Brooks of Conway and Grace Brooks of Cabot; and a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral services are 10 a.m., Monday, July 11, 2016 at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Association, c/o Keith Ladd, 186 Ashley Road 121, Hamburg, AR 71646. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home. Online guest book at www.jones-hartshorn.com.
Published July 10, 2016