Funeral services for Edward Lee Brooks, age 91, of Tacoma, WA, formerly of McIntosh, will be held at 10:30am, Wednesday, February 21, at the First Presbyterian Church in McIntosh with Tottie Lenerville CLP, officiating.

Burial will be in the McIntosh Cemetery with full military honors provided by the Ralph T. Ankerson American Legion Post #139 of McIntosh.


Special music will be provided by Kathy Chase.Serving as casketbearers are the members of the Ralph T. Ankerson American Legion Post.


EDWARD LEE BROOKS "Lee" was born March 22, 1915 in Prairie Grove, Arkansas to Fred George and Cassie A. (Gerber) Brooks. He graduated from McIntosh High School and as a young man joined the CCC's. During WWII, he enlisted in the US Army. He later left the Army to fulfill a career in the US Air Force. Upon military retirement, Lee completed a second career in Civil Service. He lived his entire career in the Orient—mostly on Okinawa. In 1994, Lee returned to the United States and took up residence in Parkland, WA. Lasting memories of Lee are of a gentle, generous, kind, soft-spoken, intellectual man who believed that a life well spent was a life worth living and a life that could accept its conclusion on earth and its beginning with Jesus in heaven.


Lee passed away on Tuesday, February 13, at the Regency Rehab Ceneter in Puyallup, WA.


Surviving family members include his 4 brothers and sisters-in-law, Ernest F. Brooks, Denver, CO; John M. and Abbie Brooks, Andover, MN; Paul F. and Gladys Brooks, Spanaway, WA; Karl A. and Ann Brooks, Huntington, WV; 1 sister, Anna J. Stevens, Jackson, MN; and numerous nieces and nephews.


He was preceded in death by his parents and 2 brothers, James A. and Danny Brooks.