Horace Brooks Jr.

August 29, 1929 - June 11, 2020

Graveside services for Mr. Horace Erskine Brooks, Jr. age 90, will be conducted Friday, June 19, 2020 at 11 AM in Baldwin Memorial Gardens with Rev.Glen Kohlhagen and Micah Walker Brooks officiating. The family will receive friends at Williams Funeral Home on Thursday from 4 to 6 PM with social distancing. Mr. Brooks was a lifelong resident of Baldwin County. He was predeceased by his parents Horace Erskine Brooks, Sr and Georgia Miller Brooks and a son Bonny L. Brooks. He was a veteran of the U S Army and had served in WWII and Korea. He worked for J.P. Stevens for 35 years spending 24 in Tifton before returning to Milledgeville and worked for Georgia College for 10 years. He was an avid gardener and loved his Bible Study and was a member of Black Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 70 years, Geneva Brown Brooks; daughter, Glenda (Glen) Kohlhagen and son, Ronny Brooks of Milledgeville; daughter in law, Linda Walker Brooks; grandchildren, Adrienne Brooks (Joe Smith) of Conyers, Micah Walker Brooks (Tiffany) of Everett, Washington, Kacey O’Connor (Niall) of Denver,CO, Jessica Shook (Mark) of Sylvester, GA, Jason Kohlhagen (Lisa) of Bel-aire,, MD, Kimberly Kohlhagen of Warner Robins, GA and a sister, Jane Silva of Milledgeville; 8 great grandchildren also survive. In lieu of flowers the family request contributions to St. Jude Children’s Hospital or to Hospice Care Options 149 Robinson Mill Road, Milledgeville, GA 31061