Ware - Irene Brooks
IRENE BROOKS WARE
Source: The Shelby Star, (North Carolina) June 12, 2002
Mrs. Irene Brooks Ware, 84, of 104 Beaver Dam Drive, died Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at Crawley Memorial Hospital. Born in Cleveland County, she was a retired hairdresser and member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher and choir member. She was preceded in death by her parents, George E. and Aquilla Scruggs Brooks; her husband, David Clyma Ware; and six brothers, Floyd, Maynard, Palmer, Flay, Wilfred and Dean Brooks. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, David and Diane Ware of Shelby and Stephen and Allyson Ware of Charlotte; three grandsons and their wives, Brian and June Ware, Gary and Missy Ware and Derek and Jennifer Ware, all of Shelby; two granddaughters, Sarah and Mary Kathryn Ware of Charlotte; two brothers and sisters-in-law, C.J. and JoAnn Brooks of Crawfordsville, Ind., and Dennis and JoAnn Brooks of Alta Vista, Va.; four sisters and two brothers-in-law, Reba and George Tapy of Dallas, Gladys and Lewis Boroughs of Greensboro, Edith Hoffman of Shelby and Clara Lowe of Grover; and six great-grandchildren. The funeral will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Beaver Dam Baptist Church with the Rev. Ken Pruitt and Dr. Paul Sorrells officiating. The body will be placed in the church one hour before the service. Burial will be in Cleveland Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the church and at other times at the home. Memorials may be made to Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 123 Beaver Dam Church Road, Shelby, NC 28152. Cleveland Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements. - thanks to Jeff S