District of Kansas City, where Albert had a job working on the streetcar tracks and her mother was a beautician -- a profession that one of Carol’s daughters would later follow.
Carol has many memories of her home life during the early 1940s. She fondly remembers her grandmother serving as the family matriarch and reminisces about her being a terrific cook, specializing in fried chicken on Sunday evenings. Carol would go with her grandmother to the City Market to make her purchases, come home and literally “ring the chickens’ necks” and fry them up for supper with macaroni and cheese, greens and dinner rolls.
Carol attended Booker T. Washington, RT Coles and Lincoln High School. She met Alvin Brooks when he was a senior in high school and she was in junior high school. He had an old jalopy and from the time they met, she knew that he would be her life partner. They were married on August 23, 1950, and she loved that, from the start, he was a leader and a people person.
Carol and Alvin have six children, 17 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren.Please post your memories of Carol Brooks or messages to the family below.
The family has requested, in lieu of flowers, please make a charitable contribution to the Ad Hoc Group Against Crime.
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SERVICES for Mrs. Brooks:
Thursday, July 25, 2013:
Mass Community Choir Rehearsal
St. James United Methodist Church: 5540 Wayne Ave., Kansas City, MO 64110
Kansas City Choir Members Gloria Britton Ellis and Donell Nolan Sr. are coordinating a Mass Community Choir. If you are interested in participating as part of the Mass Community Choir, the choir will sing during the “Carol Brooks: Gospel Tribute and Celebration of Life” on Friday, July 26th, please attend this mandatory choir rehearsal.
Choir Rehearsal: 6:30 p.m.
Friday, July 26, 2013
Carol Brooks: "A Gospel Tribute and Celebration of Life"
St. James United Methodist Church: 5540 Wayne Ave., Kansas City, MO 64110
Celebration Service will be LIVE streaming on the Internet at: www.stjamesumc.com
Visitation: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Service: 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Homegoing Mass Celebration
St. Monica Catholic Church: 1616 The Paseo Kansas City, MO 64108
Visitation: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Mass: 11:00 a.m.
In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to the Ad Hoc Group Against Crime.
Mr. Brooks I share my condolences with you on the loss of your wife Carol. Mrs. Brooks was such a wonderful and sweet person, who not only raised remarkable children, but grandchildren and great grandchildren as well. Know that the entire Brooks family is in my prayers. She fought a good fight, but she is now resting in the bosom of our Lord and Savior.
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Friend and Former employee
Rhonda Harris
Mr.Brooks, May my prayers be with you and your family. No more suffering for Mrs.Brooks .It's always hard loosing somebody close but God has the wheel, let him take control and heel with time .
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My love to you Alvin and your family on the loss of your beloved Carol. I have always loved and admired the Brooks family and your dedication to the community. I will forever miss her warm smile and quick wit. She is in Heaven now with her mom and son enjoying the beauty around her. I will miss her at church. But you know what?? She will STILL be there EVERY Sunday!! :-)
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear of your loss, Mr. Brooks. Sending you prayers of peace and comfort.
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Mr. Brooks and Family,
ReplyDeleteOur hearts and prayers are with you as you make this last earthly journey with the beloved Carol Brooks. We are forever appreciative of the support and guidance that she provided which evidenced itself year after year through the leadership of her husband and the contributions she and her family made to this community for us all.
May God grant each of you His peace, which surpasses all understanding.
The staff of the Green Impact Zone
Mr.Brooks and Family,
ReplyDeleteMy heart felt condolences go out to you and the entire Brooks family. May you find comfort and strength in God. Lovingly, Monica Baker
With the Name of God, The Most Merciful Benefactor, The Most Merciful Redeemer
ReplyDeleteTo our dearest brother Alvin Brooks and Family:
We seek refuge with God from the influences of the evil one
Who has been rejected and outcast
And God says: …
“Every human being is bound to taste death; and We test you [all] through the bad and the good things of life by way of trial: and unto Us you all must return.” Holy Quran - 21:35 And surly, God speaks the truth
On behalf of Al-Haqq Islamic Center, we would like to convey on deepest sympathies to the family for the loss of your loved one. We offer our prayers and support to you during this time of bereavement; and pray that God will forgive your wife, Carol Brooks for all her sins, reward her according to the best of her deeds, protect her from the torment of the grave and the hell fire and grant her peace and the paradise.
Further we pray that her life and her passing will serve as a reminder to us all that all of us shall one day
return to the earth and meet the judgment of our Lord; and we should be working and striving for G-d’s good pleasure both in this life, as well as the hereafter.
They say: “Behind every great man, there is a great woman”. We truly understand how you became the great man you are today. We thank G-d for the life and support of Mrs. Carol Brooks.
May God’s Peace be with you all.
Sincerely,
Imam Sulaiman Z. Salaam
Imam Sulaiman Z. Salaam
Imam - Al-Haqq Islamic Center
May The Peace that comes from The Deity of The Peace that goes beyond all understanding be with you and yours.
ReplyDeleteSurely we come from the Only True deity and surely we are returning to Him.
I just had the opportunity to read this email and I send my belated condolences to you, Bro. Alvin Brooks, and to your family.
May her works praise her in the gates? May those who were influenced positively by Sis. Carol Brooks continue to be so influenced to the point that they pass on that influence to others directly and indirectly? To allow you to be who and what you are known to be in our community shows that she had your back. It is said that "behind every great man, there is a great woman".
I believe that is true in your case.
For all of the good that she has done in any manner, may Allah reward her with a place in His Paradise that will make her forget the trials and tribulations of this worlds life? Amen.
Your brother in service of The Only True Deity via seriving his creation, Peace be unto you,
Tadar Jihad Wazir