Aiken South Carolina-   Saturday, September 6 2003

Funeral services for Patrick Clyde Brooks will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church, 125 Pendleton Ave., Aiken, with Fr. Howard Hess officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Mackie Walker, Ron Lewellyn, Anthony Harris, Buddy Coward, Taylor Garnett, Ed Erjavec, Hank Elder, Richard Eisenberg, Roy McLain and Len Yaun. George Funeral Homes, Historic Downtown Chapel, 211 Park Ave., SW, Aiken, is in charge of arrangements.

Patrick Clyde Brooks, son of the late Colonel Clyde E. and Virginia Brooks, died September 5 in Aiken Regional Medical Centers. He was the beloved husband of 31 years of Deborah (Lasky) Brooks of Aiken. He is survived by his best friend and brother, Clark Brooks of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as well as his brother-in- law, Dan Lasky of Binghampton, N.Y., and devoted son-in-law, Mackie Walker. He was the proud father of two daughters, Piper Brooks Walker, and Hilary Brooks, both of Aiken.

Patrick traveled all over the world with his family. He was a brave and decorated member of the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army. He was awarded two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts for his bravery in Vietnam. He was a graduate of Washington & Lee University and earned an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. He was a CPA on the staff of Arthur Andersen in Washington, D.C. He also worked for the Inspector General of the Department of Energy and testified before Congress on various occasions. He retired from the Department of Energy in 1998, in Aiken, where he enjoyed various entrepreneurial enterprises and real estate development. He was the inventor and distributor of the 44 Magnum series of cigar cutters, which are sold all over the world.

Patrick was a lifelong Episcopalian and a member of St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church. He leaves his love to a lifetime of friends, fellow golfers and cigar smokers.

Patrick often said with gratitude, "I've always gotten what I wished for," so please make a contribution in his memory to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 726C Lowndes Hill Road Greenville, SC 29607, the New Hope Community swimming pool restoration, c/o Clay Killian, County Administrator 828 Richland Ave. West, Aiken, SC 29801 or the St. Thaddeus Organ Fund, 125 Pendleton St. Aiken, SC 29801.

Visit www.georgefuneralhomes.com to sign the online condolence register. George Funeral Homes Historic Downtown Chapel 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken, SC 29801.