Laverne Annie

Brookes

Laverne Annie Brookes, 96, of Sweetwater passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Sweetwater Health Care.

A family and friend ' s visitation will be held from 12:00 noon until 2:00 P.M. Friday, January 8, 202 1 at McCoy Funeral H ome . No other public services will be held.

Laverne was bo rn October 28, 1924 at Crawford, Texas to the late Frank William and Ida L ouise (Teetz) Pietzsch. She was a graduate of Roscoe High School in 1943. Laverne married William Paul " Juno " Brookes July 11, 1963 at Sweetwater , after the death of her first husband Walter Thomas Wa tt in 1961. She worked for many years at Cardwell B ea uty Salon in Sweetwater as a hairdresser . Laverne has lived in the area since 1939 , was a member of First Salem Lutheran Church in Roscoe, Ameri can Legion and the VFW Ladies Auxil ia ry .

She is survived b y her children; Thomas Watt and wife Maxine of Aiken, South Carolina, Tracy Coffman and husband Wayne of Odessa and step-son; Leigh Brookes of Lawrenceville, Georgia, grandchildren; B ryan Watt, Vikki Woody, Derrick Kidd and Jenni fer Elliott and numer ous great-g ra ndchildren .

Laverne is also prece ded in death by her husband " Juno " Brookes and her brothers; Frank, Wilbert and Herbert Pietzsch.