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DATE: Saturday, December 9, 1995             TAG: 9512090281
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

EMMA M. BROOKS

Emma Machen Brooks, 67, of the 5100 block of Deep Creek Blvd., died Dec. 7, 1995, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mrs. Brooks, a homemaker, was a native of Norfolk. She was the widow of Daniel E. Brooks.

Survivors include two daughters, Sandra F. Tyre of Lake City, Fla., and Judith M. Kennedy of Wakefield, Va.; five sons, Ronnie E. Brooks of Charleston, S.C., Douglas M. Brooks of Charleston, Gary L. Brooks of Kentucky, David S. Brooks of Salisbury, N.C., Arthur E. Brooks of Portsmouth; a sister, Frances Sawyer of Chesapeake; a brother, James Machen of Chesapeake; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded by two sons, Daniel Wayne and Roland Brooks.

The funeral services will be private. Snellings Funeral Home, George Washington Highway Chapel, in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB