Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-07
FUNERAL OF DR.. BROOKS.
In the Church He Founded the Last
EuIogy VIII Be Pronounced by
Rev. j. IL. Garrison.

The body of the late Rev. DR.. ]. A.
Brooks, the noted divine who died in Mem
phis Wednesday night, arrived in this city
yesterday morning and was taken to the
home of his son, ]. F. Brooks, S0S Forest
avenue. Funeral services will be held at
2:30 o'clock this afternoon, from the Sixth
and Prospect Avenue Christian church,
which Rev. Brooks founded. Rev. ]. H.
Garrison, editor of the Christian Evangel-
Isl, of st. Louis, will officiate, assisted by
Dr.. I: 2. Haley, Rev. w. F. Richardson,
Rev. Combs and Rev. A. B. Phillips Tel
esrams of coincidence were received by the
members of the family, from all parts of
the United States. Ex-Governor st. John,
OF Kansas, will probably be in attendance
will be: G. H. butcher, Warrensburg;
Robert White. R. A. Long. D. o. Smart
and DR.. ]: R. Smell. Active pail bearers:
S, e. Rumble, W. T. Hickman, p. It. Gull
cite. DR.: d. Mcmillan, DR.. T. H. Hudson,
L G. Harvey, ]. S. Donaldson and F. r.
Dirnmitt. The body will be placed in the
private vault of F. R. Dimmitt at Elmwood
cemetery.
The Commercial Appeal, of Memphis.
says of DR.. Brooks death:
DIR. John A. Brooks, one of the most
widely known ministers in the Christian
church in this country, died at the home
of his son-in-law, Frank Davis AL Lau-
dercale street, last night at 10 o'clock,
from stroke of paralysis.
The paralytic attack came Monday
night and since that time DIR. Brooks life
had been as If it We're a heavy body sus-
pended by a slender thread. All of Tues
day and yesterday he was very restless
and yesterday afternoon it was very APP
parent that the end was near. He had
secured, but the fatal attack prevailed
against the powers of science and drugs
and the sufferer succumbed to it at ex-
actly 10 o'clock last night.
DIR. Brooks illness covered several
months. Ill health was the cause of his
return from London, forcing him to give
End Tabernacle of that place. He left
this city in April in answer to a call from
the congregation of the West End Taber-
nacle to serve them as their pastor. 1t
was the third time they had called him
and he complied with their wishes. On
November he arrived in Memphis being
forced to give up his pastoral duties in
health DR.. Brooks malady was heart
trouble. He has been q sufferer from
complications of this character for years.
1t reached an acute state some months
ago, and caused him to return home. The
change, however. brought about no good
results, as he has been sick ever since his
return to Memphis. This constant suffer-
stroke, the end of which was death. His
wife, three daughters, one of whom is
in-law have been by him since his troubles
reached the acute stage. They were at
his bedside when the messenger of death
.'Dr Brooks has. it is estimated. con-
vcrted 10000 souls to the Christian church
faith in his time. He enjoyed the distinc-
ton of being one of the only two Christian
church ministers whose names appear in
q history of the United States. The other
was James A. Garfield, who rose to the
first place of honor in the nation. DR..
Brooks was member of the Ancient Or
der of United Workmen and was once
chosen master workman for the United
States and Canada. He was 81 years old"
The Kansas City w. c. T. U. and the
Iornbihition Cluh last night adopted suit
able resolutions on the death of Dr..
Brooks.