Evening star., 1941-06-22
Oldest Physician
In Fairfax County
Falls Dead on Duty
DR.. Frederick M. Brooks
Dies at 81; Funeral
Services Tomorrow
Special Dispatch to The Star.

FAIRFAX, Va, June 21.-Funeral
services for DR.. Frederick Manning
Brooks, 81. who died early today as
he was attending a patient, will be
held at his late residence at pm.
Monday, with the Rev. Herbert A.
Donovan, rector Of Christ Episcopal
Church, Charlottesville, officiating.
DR.. Brooks. who was the oldest
practicing physician in Fairfax
County and one of the oldest In
the State, dropped dead about $50
a I'm. as he was sitting by the bedside
of Harlow A. Rice of Burke, few
minutes after he had administered
a hypodermic to Mr.. Rice. He was
pronounced dead of a heart attack
by DR.. E. S. Waring of Fairfax,
who was called to the Rice home.
DR.. Brooks began the practice OF
medicine in Fairfax County in June.
1883. Immediately after completing
his medical training at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. Previously he
had attended the private schools IN
the town of Fairfax. and the early
public school at PopeS Head.
He was born at Popes Head on
December, %. 1853. the son of Henry
sT. and Helen .Hoag Brooks. His
father. who was captain of volun-
teers of the Virginia Militia, was at
one time postmaster at Fairfax, and
served for a time as clerk Of the
court of the county during the
Civil War. He had one brother, who
died several years ago.
Interested in Politics.
Aside from the practice of medl-
cine. DR.. Brooks took an active
interest in public affairs He was
three times the Republican nominee
for the House of Representatives
and for more than 80 years he was
chairman of the Fairfax County
Republican Committee.
He organized the Fairfax County
Medical Society, the Oldest medical
society in Virginia. He served as
the first president of the group and
for number of years was secretary.
It was said that DR.. Brooks kept
the local medical society alive for
several years at his own expense
when it was first established.
For many years he served as a
member of the Fairfax County
School Board from Lee district and
from 1922 to 1882 he was chairman
of the board.
DR.. Brooks was one of the Crgan-
izers of the National Bank of Fair
fax in 1902 He was elected vice
president of the bank in 1903 and
in 1912 he was elevated to the presi-
dency. the post he held at the time
of his death.
Served on Draft Board.
During the first World War DR..
Brooks served as chief medical eX-
aminer for the county draft board.
He also taught school for a short
period during the early days of his
career.
DR.. Brooks never married. and at
the time of his death he resided on
a large farm between Fairfax and
Fairfax Station. The nearest sur
vivorS are cousins.
Burial will be in Flint Hill Gene
terry at Oakton. Honorary pail
bearers will include DR.. j. Tully
Vaughan of Washington, DR.. R. E.
Feagans of Fairfax. DR.. Ford SWEET
nam of Alexandria, DR.. Sigmund
Newman of Vienna, Dr. Waring,
Wilson NJ Farr. Col R. R. Farr of
Fairfax; Judge A. c. Ritchie, former
State Senator John w. Rust and
County Clerk John M. Whalen.
Active pallbearers will be A. L.
Haight, o. w. Chesley and Garnett
Ford of Fairfax Station: Edgar
Littleton and James E. Nickel of
Fairfax, and Albert CouInbe of
Washington.