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H. 5248

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House Resolution
Sponsors: Rep. Hodges
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Introduced in the House on June 4, 2008
Adopted by the House on June 4, 2008

Summary: Reverend Isaac Brooks

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    6/4/2008  House   Introduced and adopted HJ-12

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6/4/2008

TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE DEATH OF THE REVEREND ISAAC BROOKS, OF COLLETON COUNTY, AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY, CHURCH, AND MANY FRIENDS.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Reverend Isaac Brooks, of Colleton County, during their recess on December 29, 2007; and

Whereas, born on January 12, 1910, to the late Albertha Green Brooks and the late William Moses Brooks, Isaac Brooks was educated in Colleton County schools and attended Burke High School Adult Education Program. As an avid student of the Bible, he took courses at Morris College School of Religion; and

Whereas, through the spiritual nurturing he received at Zion Baptist Church in Green Pond, Isaac Brooks accepted the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at an early age and was baptized. Even as a youth, he was chosen by God, preached powerful sermons, and was ordained as a deacon in his early twenties; and

Whereas, he was married to the late Rosa Bell Hamilton, and they were blessed with five fine children, Albertha Brooks-Goins, Mildred Delores Brooks-McDow, Mary Ann Brooks-Bolds, Caesar Elijah Brooks, and Willie Brooks, M.D., all of whom graduated from college; and

Whereas, Isaac Brooks was an entrepreneur of several businesses in Charleston as the owner of three barber shops, a taxi and limousine service, a furniture store, a restaurant, and a fish market. He was also a real estate investor and a landlord who provided safe, decent, and affordable housing to those in need; and

Whereas, he was the first African-American to be a member of the Charleston Furniture Store Owners' Association, and he provided internships to young men who wanted to pursue a career as barbers and mentored other young men in the field of business; and

Whereas, in 1943, Isaac Brooks was the first African-American to bring religious programs to Charleston over WUSN radio station, and he operated the first mobile religious movie theater, providing wholesome entertainment on Johns Island, James Island, Mount Pleasant, and other Charleston environs; and

Whereas, he and his wife spearheaded a ministry and prayer organization to provide groups to pray for and minister to the sick at home and in hospitals; and

Whereas, after the death of his beloved wife Rosa Bell, Isaac Brooks continued to rear his children with love and strong religious values and to provide nurturing to his extended family. He subsequently married the late Julia Peterson and the late Eureka Dixon, and those unions blessed him with seven step-children; and

Whereas, in 1970, Reverend Brooks was ordained as a minister and appointed as the associate pastor of New Tabernacle Baptist Church in Charleston, where he stayed until he received a call from Ebenezer Baptist Church in Green Pond; and

Whereas, in 1985, at the age of seventy-five, he answered the call to serve as the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church and saw an increase in membership and the ordination of numerous ministers. Reverend Brooks served in Green Pond until his retirement in 2005, at the age of ninety-five; and

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are grateful for the purposeful and deeply spiritual life of the Reverend Isaac Brooks that benefited so many citizens of our fine State and express their sadness at his death. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, express their profound sorrow upon the death of the Reverend Isaac Brooks, of Colleton County, and extend their deepest sympathy to his family, church, and many friends.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the family of the Reverend Isaac Brooks.

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