Elva Arleen Brooks

	Elva Arleen Brooks, 86, of DuQuoin, passed away at 1:55 a.m. Wednesday, August 8, 2001 at the Fair View Nursing Center in DuQuoin.
	Arleen had been a Nurses Aid at the Pinckneyville Community Hospital.  She was a member of the Second Baptist Church in DuQuoin.  She had attended Pinckneyville High School.
	 She was born March 11, 1915 at DuQuoin, the daughter of James Harvey and Lena Bertha (Holden) Wilks.  She married Hallie Brooks on June 1, 1932 at Pinckneyville.  He passed away May 12, 1967.
	She is survived by two sons, William L. Brooks and wife Charlene of DuQuoin, Robert A. Brooks and wife Marilyn of Tamaroa; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
	She was preceded in death by her parents; husband and three brothers, Albert, Leon and Norman.
	Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 11 at the Searby Funeral Home in DuQuoin with Rev. Steve Bareis officiating.
	Friends called from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Searby Funeral Home in DuQuoin.
	Interment was in Sunset Memorial Park at DuQuoin.
	Friends may make memorials to the Alzheimers Association.	
