Della Beatrice McDonald

1917 - 2006  (88 years)

• Name	Della Beatrice McDonald
  Nickname	Bea
  Born	1 Apr 1917	Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 Mar 2006	Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1]
  Buried	24 Mar 2006	Greenwood Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1]
  Person ID	I22624	Soddy-Daisy-Roots
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Hugh Arthur Locke
  Mother	Martha J. McDonald
  Family ID	F8187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Arthur Nathaniel Brooks,   b. 1 Aug 1881, Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Nov 1979, Harrison, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 98 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Mother	Mildred Mae Stephenson,   b. 24 Jan 1896, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Aug 1981, Harrison, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Family ID	F8175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James William Brooks
  Children	1. James William Brooks   2. Stephen Arthur Brooks   3. David Gene Brooks
  Last Modified	22 May 2018
  Family ID	F2771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Obituary. The Chattanoogan, March 22, 2006 Beatrice M. Brooks died on Monday, March 20, 2006, in a local nursing facility in East Ridge. She was 88 years old. She was born in Dayton, TN, the daughter of the late Arthur N. Brooks and Mildred Brooks. She was the widow of James W. Brooks. Mrs. Brooks was a member of Chamberlain Memorial Baptist Church. She was a longtime member and past president of the Belvoir Garden Club, through which she volunteered many hours at the Vine Street Orphanage, which was later called the Chambliss Children's Home. For many years she worked for her father at the Arthur N. Brooks Studios. She also worked as a volunteer at Memorial Hospital. She is survived by her sons, James William Brooks Jr and his wife, Fran, of Lake Lure, N.C., Dr. Stephen A. Brooks and his wife, Carol, of Chattanooga, and David G. Brooks and his wife, Chris, of Lookout Mountain, GA; her grandchildren, James William Brooks III, of Birmingham, AL, David A. Brooks, of Graysville, TN, Mark S. Brooks, of Forney, TX, Christopher P. Brooks, of Pflugerville, TX, and Charles B. Brooks, of Macon, GA; her great-grandchildren, Jaxon A. Brooks, of Pflugerville, TX, Torin C. Brooks, of Pflugerville, Charles B. Brooks, of Macon, James A. Brooks, of Macon, Paige M. Brooks, of Forney, TX, Kourtny S. Grap, of Soddy-Daisy. Graveside services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery with the Rev. Jake E. Carroll officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday before the service at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Chamberlain Memorial Baptist Church Mission Fund at 4239 Benton Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37406. Arrangements are by Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, East Chapel, 404 S. Moore Road, Chattanooga, TN 37412.