• ARCHIE MAY BROOKE

ARCHIE MAY BROOKE

Funeral services for Archie May Brooke, 95, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 17, a.m. at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Brother Roy Prather and Barry Nitcholas will officiate. Interment will follow at Dew Cemetery.

A visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 9 a.m.

Mrs. Brooke passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at Skilled Care of Mexia.

Archie May Brooke was born Aug. 20, 1926, in Freestone County to Margaret Griffin and Forrest Smith. She lived in Freestone County all her life. Mrs. Brooke worked at McAdams Variety Store in Teague before she went to work as a cook for the state for 17 years; she later was the manager of Teague Senior Center for 25 years. In 2017 she received the Teague Chamber of Commerce Boyd Cup Award. Mrs. Brooke loved gospel music and was a people person. She loved her family, and her church family and she was a member of Eighth Ave. Baptist Church.

Mrs. Brooke is survived by her son, Roger Brooke and wife Vonda; her grandson, Brian Brooke and wife Yvonne; two great-grandchildren, Colby Brooke and Hunter Brooke; numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Burley Brooke Jr.; two sisters, Ruby Teer and Myrtle Nichols; and two brothers, Wesley (Buddy) Smith and Edgar Smith.

The family would like to express their gratitude for the staff at Skilled Care of Mexia and Community Hospice of Texas (Providence Hospice).

Please visit our website at www.bowersfuneralhome.net to sign the online guestbook or leave a message for the family.

Bowers Funeral Home

900 US HWY 84 W

Teague, Texas 75860

254-739-2511

The Teague Chronicle

319 Main Street • P.O. Box 631
Teague, Texas 75860
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