Mr. Anthony Brooks

BROOKS, Mr. Anthony - Age 47, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2015 at McLaren - Flint. Family hour 9:30 a.m. Thursday, December 3, 2015 at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 424 Kennelworth Ave., with funeral service commencing at 10 a.m. Rev. Dr. Major A. Stewart, officiating. Interment Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, 2020 E. Hill Rd., Grand Blanc, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Mr. Brooks will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. Wednesday. Our loving brother, uncle, grandson, nephew and cousin has been called home to be with his Mother and Father. Anthony ("Tony") Latrielle Brooks was born in Flint, Michigan on February 13, 1968. He was the youngest child of Charles and Lillian Brooks, and the younger brother of Charles Brooks and Kermitt Brooks. But most significantly, he was the twin brother of his loving sister, Angela Brooks-Avery, whom he loved dearly. Anthony graduated from Central High School in 1992, and worked at Meijer for more than six years. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 2003 and returned to Michigan in 2011. Tony worked at Marco's Pizzeria in Chelsea, Michigan from 2011 to 2013. He most recently lived at Kith Haven in Flint, Michigan. Tony loved bowling, music, reading and food. He was a very active sportsman in the Special Olympics, winning numerous medals. Tony was both loving and stubborn; hard working and "restful"; friendly and shy. He loved his family very much and looked forward to visiting his grandmother in Memphis and attending family reunions. (Tony was usually the first one to sign up for reunions and to pay in full!) Although Anthony's time on this earth has been brief, he has forever defined our time here. We are blessed to have had him in our lives. We love him very much and will miss him. Tony leaves to cherish his memory: grandmother, Geneva Sias Berry of Memphis, TN; his twin sister, Angela (Kevin) Brooks-Avery of Flint; his brothers, Charles E. Brooks Jr. of Minneapolis, MN and Kermitt Brooks (Dan Manjovi) of New York, NY; three nieces, Arlesia Brooks of Grand Rapids, MI, Imani Brooks of Flint, and Angelique Brooks of Holt, MI; four aunts, Gloria (John) Johnson of Memphis, TN, Forrestine Owens of Memphis, TN, Patricia Berry-Jones of Houston, TX and Selbie (Frank) Cochran of Memphis, TN; two uncles, Darris (Linda) Berry of Fenton, MI and Roland Berry of Burton, MI; and a host cousins, other relatives and friends. Tony is preceded in death by his parents, Charles E. Sr. and Lillian P. Brooks; grandparents, Lowell Brooks, Sophie Mae Ivory and Reverend Lewis A. Berry Sr.; aunt, Cynthia M. Berry; and uncle, Lewis A. Berry Jr. The family would like to extend special thanks to Father Joseph Rinaldo of St. Louis Center in Chelsea, MI and the staffs of St. Joseph Center in Chelsea, MI, Bentley Manor in Clio, MI, the Stroke Unit at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, and Kith Haven in Flint, Michigan.

Mr. Anthony Brooks

February 13, 1968 - November 29, 2015