Wade Holbrooks

Mr. Wade Holbrooks, age 66 of Simpsonville, SC, formerly of Blairsville, passed away Thursday, May 17, 2007 at the Greenville Medical Center. Mr. Holbrooks was born Friday, April 4, 1941 in Blairsville, Georgia to the late Pete Holbrooks and the late Nancy Rich Holbrooks. He was of the Baptist faith and was a Teamster forklift operator at a warehouse in Mogador, Ohio for 25 years. He retired in 1991 and moved to Simpsonville in 1994 where he became a part time landscaper and gardener in the community. He deleloped additional health problems which greatly reduced his activities. Mr. Holbrooks had been fighting a battle with cancer this last year and was being treated for diabetes and Parkinson's disease for the past few years.

Survivors include: his beloved wife of 33 years, Kathryn Holbrooks of Simpsonville, SC, sons, Jon Eric of Dunn, NC and Marc Christopher of Portsmouth, VA, sister, Barbara Morris of Morganton, GA and one grandchild, Christopher.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. from the Bethlehem Baptist Church with the Rev. Vernon Davenport officiating. Music will be provided by The Faith Singers. Interment will follow in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 2-3, Sunday, May 20 at Bethlehem Baptist Church.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations may be made to The National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 NW 9th Ave/Bob Hope Rd., Miami, FL 33136-1494.

The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, Georgia is in charge of arrangements.