COLUMBIA - A memorial service for William Thomas Brooks will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be private.
Mr. Brooks died Friday, April 13, 2018. Born in Columbia, he was the son of the late Charles Lee Brooks and Annie Belle Glenn Brooks. He is predeceased by his brother, Charles Lee Brooks Junior and sister, Mildred Brooks Wall.
William attended the University of South Carolina, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. He worked at the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation his entire career, starting in the mail room and retiring as Secretary Treasurer.
William will be most remembered by his devotion to Pinkie (his wife of 62 years), family, his military service and time spent on the South Carolina coast. As a graduate of USC, he loved the Gamecocks, some years more than others.
Surviving are his daughters, Linda Brewer and Judy Miller and her husband Mike; six grandchildren, Brooks Brewer and his wife Rhett, Price Brewer, McKenzie Brewer, Jordan Miller, Taylor Stocker, Reece Miller; six great-grandchildren, Casadi Brewer, Sarah Taylor Brewer, Townes Brewer, Annabelle Brewer, Deacon Stocker and Maveryck Stocker.
Memorials may be made to Mill Creek Cemetery Fund, 1579 Woodlake Drive, Columbia, SC 29206.
Please sign the online guestbook at www.dunbarfunerals.com.
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