JAMES R. BROOKS

                           James Randolph Brooks, 76, of Bowling Green died at
                           12:10 a.m. Oct. 25, 2007, at his son’s residence. The Warren
                           County native was a heavy equipment operator for
                           Towsley Construction, retiring in 1981. He was a member
                           of Plum Springs Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge.
                           He was a son of the late Hackney Brooks and Lottie
                           Watt Brooks. He was preceded in death by a sister, 
                           Anna   Lee.  

                           Funeral is at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hardy & Son Funeral Home,
                           Bowling Green chapel, with burial in Plum Springs
                           Cemetery. Visitation is from 4   p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and
                           from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral  home.

                           Expressions of sympathy may take the form of 
                           contributions to James Graham Brown Cancer Center,
                           529 South Jackson St., Louisville, KY 40202.

                           Survivors include a daughter, Deborah Everley and her
                           husband, Bill, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; a son, Gil Brooks
                           and his wife, Judy, of Oakland; two sisters, Naomi Keathly
                           of Arizona and Roberta Jackson and her husband, 
                           Raymond, of Bowling Green; five grandchildren, Brooke
                           Everley of Birmingham, Julie Brooks Towe and her
                           husband, Brad, of Versailles, Kristen Everley Hoy of 
                           Spartanburg, S.C., and Daniel Brooks and Andrew Brooks,
                           both of Oakland; a great-granddaughter, Allison Hoy of
                           Spartanburg; and several nieces and nephews.

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