The death has occurred of:
Sydney John BROOKS
The family of the late Sydney John Brooks wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all who offered sympathy, kindness and support following their recent bereavement. John was a much-loved husband, dad, father-in-law, granda, son, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, cousin and friend.
We would like to express our sincere thanks to all involved in John’s care, and to the staff of Antrim Area Hospital and Draperstown Surgery for their help and support.
Our deepest thanks to all at the Church of the Nazarene, Desertmartin and to Pastor Reuben Lyons for his prayerful support and encouragement and for conducting the Service of Thanksgiving. We extend our thanks to the car park attendants and to Brian Gormley for the use his field for parking. Grateful thanks also to Bethany Lyons and Adrienne Brooks for their musical accompaniment and to Edith Blair for the refreshments following the service.
We are truly grateful for the kindness shown by family, friends and neighbours who attended the funeral and wake, sent cards and messages of sympathy or helped the family in any way.
Our thanks also to those who generously gave donations, in lieu of flowers, to Faith Mission and Open Doors.
We would like to extend our thanks to Helen and all the staff of D. Watters Funeral Services for the caring and compassionate manner in which they carried out the funeral arrangements and supported the family at this time.
It is our hope that this message will be received as a token of our appreciation for the support afforded to us at this difficult time.
“Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob, for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God.” Psalm 146 v 5.