Leslie Melvin Brooks

Leslie Melvin Brooks, 84, died Monday, February 14, 2005 at a Weatherford nursing home.Leslie Melvin Brooks was born November 17, 1920 in the Park Springs community of Wise County. He moved to Stephenville as a child and attended school in Morgan Mill. Mr. Brooks entered the United States Army after graduation, serving twelve years overseas in the Pacific and Korea. He had lived in the Zion Hill community of Parker County for the last forty years and was a member and deacon of the Zion Hill Baptist Church.Survivors include daughter, Shirley Sharp of Peaster; grandsons, Jimmy Sharp of Peaster and Michael Sharp of Poolville; seven great grandchildren and four great- great grandchildren; sisters, Juanita Turner and Edie Ady both of Fort Worth.Funeral services are scheduled 10 a.m. Friday, February 18, 2005 at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Weatherford. Burial will follow in the Zion Hill Cemetery. The family will receive guests from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at White's Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Zion Hill Church School, 3500 Zion Hill Road, Weatherford, Texas 76088.