Brooks, Myrtle Long

Passed: 1978-04-13

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Death Notice: 1978-04-19

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Information: Mrs. Myrtle Long Brooks of Ripley, died April 13th in Jackson General Hospital after a short illness.  She was a daughter of the late Jackson and Ollie Hall Long.  She was born in Roane County on October 24, 1902.  The family moved to Jackson County, near Evans, where she resided until locating in Ripley several years later.  She is survived by one brother, Marshall Long of Melbourne, Fla.; seven nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her husband, O. A. Brooks; brothers, Jim Long, William Long, Walter Long; sister, Mrs. Mae Sayre.  Funeral services were held at the Casto Funeral Home, Evans, with Reverend Gerald Sayre officiating with burial in the Otterbein Cemetery.