Services for Clara Bell Brooks of Brookhaven are 11 a.m.,Saturday, Nov. 15, at Second Baptist Church with burial inHillcrest Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from noon-6 p.m., with family hour from 6-7p.m., at Williams Mortuary.

Ms. Brooks, 70, died Nov. 12, 2003, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter. She was born in Lincoln County on March 17, 1933, toColumbus Brooks and Mary Brooks.

She was retired, and was a member of Second Baptist Church,where she served on the Mothers Board.

Preceding her in death were her parents; four sisters, RanaBrooks, Celestine Brooks, Sallie Brooks and Ruby Byrd; and herbrothers, Howard Thomas, Joseph Brooks, Jessie James Brooks andJewel Keys.

Survivors are her daughters and sons-in-law, Jessie Ann Womackand Ray, Daisy Thomas and Larry, Tonya Brooks and Mary Brooks, allof Brookhaven; her sons and daughters-in-law, Willie D. Brooks andAnnie Bell, Thomas Coleman, Marzell Brooks and Undrea, and DarienBrooks and Vanessa, all of Brookhaven; her sister, Arma Johnson ofChicago, Ill., 20 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and manynieces, nephews and other relatives.