Hattie Elizabeth Brooks

HATTIE E. BROOKS FISHERSVILLE -- Mrs. Hattie Elizabeth (Eavers) Brooks, 89, widow of Lester Reed Brooks, formerly of Stuarts Draft and a resident of Augusta Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, entered her eternal home on Friday (January 13, 2012) . She was born June 24, 1922 in Mint Spring, daughter of Elmer J. and Nettie Elizabeth (Miller) Eavers. Mrs. Brooks was a life-long and very active member of White Hill Church of the Brethren. She was a past Chairman of the V. F. W. Post 9339 Ladies Auxiliary. She was retired from Diehl Enterprises and after retirement worked at Armstrong's Restaurant in Mint Spring. Family includes three daughters and a son-in-law, Patty and Bill Arey of Midlothian, Donna Elkins of Waynesboro, Ruth Lee Pettrey and Kent Iberg of Waynesboro; a sister, Katherine Cash of Stuarts Draft; six grandchildren, Clay Arey, Chris Elkins, Melissa Kostoff, Megan Smith, Evan Pettrey, and Whitney Hill; eight great grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, an infant son, Mitchell Reed Brooks; son-in-law, Jack Pettrey, Jr.; seven brothers, Herschel, Weldon, Melvin, Roller, Herbert, Thomas, and Edgar Eavers; her twin sister, Hazel Diehl, sisters Ethel Fitzgerald and Hilda Eavers; and two grandchildren, Cameron Reed Arey and Robyn Meredith Pettrey. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday (January 17, 2012) at White Hill Church of the Brethren by the Revs. Thomas Reynolds and James Chappell. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Bill Arey, John Harrison, Kent Iberg, Clay Arey, Chris Elkins, and Evan Pettrey. Honorary pallbearers will be Stuarts Draft V. F. W. Post 9339 Ladies Auxiliary. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Monday evening (January 16, 2012) at Henry Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or to Hospice of the Piedmont, 675 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Suite 300, Charlottesville, VA 22911. The family extends their deep appreciation to her personal physician, Dr. John Forbes, and also to Dr. David Chernoff, the nursing staff, Shawnetta Woodson, Linda Head, Vanessa Smith, Wendy Hodge, Christina Bowles, and Stacey Turner of Augusta Nursing and Rehab, and the staff of Dr. James Hutchens. The family would also like to recognize special friends, John Harrison, DeAnn Keyes, Robin Andrus, Joyce Wolfenbarger, Darlene Robertson, and Betty Arehart.