Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-12-14
Volume So
FINE TRIBUTE Is READ AT
FUNERAL OF AMANDA BROOKS

FINE INlBOEE Is READ AT
FUNERAL OF AMANDA BROOKS
Last week brief mention wa.
made of the death of Miss Amanda
Brooks which occurred Thursda,
morning at 2:30 at a hospital il
Xenia, as result Of toxine poisoning
and pneumonia In all, her Hines:
was of about two weeks duration
during which she had the very bes
medical attention possible. Hel
brother Mr.. G. G. Brooks and wife
who had been called to Xenia be
cause of her illness, and Miss Mary
Travis who resides in Xenia, ac
companied the body home. 1t arriv.
ed Friday on the noon train and
was taken to the Brooks home here
where Sunday afternoon funeral
services were held, conducted by Rev
F. Gillian of the Malta ME-. church
Miss Gregg, long time friend ot
the deceased, read a sketch. The
services were largely attended, and
there were many beautiful floral
tributes. Interment was made in
the Malta cemetery. The pail bear
ers were J. NJ Barlow, C. f. Settle
w. G. Settle, A. G. Taylor, Raymond
Durbin and O. p Lindsay
Miss Brooks was the only daugh-
ter OF the late John and Mary Jane
Brooks, and was born near Ring
gold. She is survived by the one
brother, already mentioned.
Miss Gregg's Tribute
Because of the large number OF
friends of Miss Brooks who could
not attend her funeral, we publish
the sketch as prepared and read BY
Miss Effie Gregg at the funeral
services. This beautiful sketch is
ably prepared. and tells we believe
as we'll as it is possible to be ex-
pressed in words, the lovely charac-
ter of Miss Brooks:
Friends, If you were standing
here in my place. if you were to
speak Of Amanda Brooks as you
have known her, what would you
say?
think you would like myself
cast your mind back over all the
years of your acquaintance with her
and you would say first of all, 81
believe she was the most faithful
person I ever knew"
Faithful,-yes. My earliest rec
election of her was as a young
school girl. She had even then be-
come the first reliance of her wild
owed mother. She being the Oldest
child and a daughter, we saw her
hurrying home from school moons
and evenings to help tighten the
labor of her mother whose hands
were full from morning till night to
support herself and her children. AS
soon as Amanda was old enough she
left school to sew and with her nee
die was in due time able with the
assistance of the brother to lift the
burden of support from the mother
who was even then beginning to
break under her years of effort. So,
it was very early in life that Aman-
da began her life of service and
usefulness. The next step was into
the CoulsOn store and it was in the
performance of duty there that we
will always remember her. Faith
full, yes. With sprightly step and
smiling face she went every day to
her duties at the store. At moons
and evenings it was with sprightly
step and smiling face she tripped
home again there to brighten and
tighten by her helpfulness and her
cheerful presence. No trivial all
ment was ever an excuse for mac
tivity either at the store or at home.
Every duty, no matter where, she
performed with willingness and
cheerfulness. Fault-finding, COM
planning had no place in her being.
Does any one recall ever having seen
her cross or abrupt? Did any one
Of US ever hear her speak disparag-
ingiy of another? Did any one OF
us ever hear her criticize an employ
er or a fellow employe? Did any
one ever hear her repine over her
lot or over things having gone
wrong? No, we never did. In the
privacy of our homes there are very
few of us but will relate the things
that have gone wrong in the course
Of the days transactions; there we
are prone to recount the hurts, the
i'll usage, the unfairness. the cool
nosses, the reprimands, the sights
we may have had or imagined we
have had from others. But not SO.
Amanda. She did not believe in
burdening others with her Ills OF
whatsoever kind. We know she did
not believe in doing so for she never
did so. In the store we knew her as
cheerful, Obliging, painstaking. In
addition to these business cOurtesies
she used this opportunity Of contact
with you for the friendly, sympa-
thetic, interested inquiry concerning
you and yours. And you always
left her presence feeling how thor
oughly fine she was, how loyal
and true and genuine was her
friendship and interest. We would
speak of her tactfulness. In all the
long years of her dealing with the
public she always seemed to know
how to take the keen edge off of the
unpleasant. AS the years passed
she did not allow herself to become
lax as to patience, cheerfulness and
faithfulness. She kept steady
grasp of herself and for over 33
years she held herself true to her
high standard in every relation in
business. Added to these traits were
her ability, her efficiency, her alert
ness, and her good judgment, so
that she became and was through all
the years strong reliance for the
firm of A. A. CoulsOn & Co., so that
there was bond of regard there
that will never be broken.
These >traits picture to us Amanda
in her business life. But this is not
all. She was entirely self-effacing.
She never called attention to herself
or to her attainments, to her likes
or her dislikes; she did not thrust
her opinions upon you nor insist