Julia Juanita Brooks Hogue's Obituary
Julia Juanita Brooks Hogue, formerly a Dallas, Texas, resident, passed away peacefully with her daughter Barbara holding her hand in Daytona Beach, Florida, Sunday, Mother’s Day, May 13, 2018.Juanita was the second child/daughter born to Reverend Raymond Alexander and Julia Bailey Brooks in Des Arc, Missouri, on October 28, 1926. She grew up in Missouri, then lived briefly in Macon, Georgia, before her family moved to Texas when her father joined the Southern Methodist Conference. Eventually Juanita made her home in Dallas, Texas. Juanita worked in the mortgage industry and as an executive assistant, but she was foremost a loving mother to her three children, Barbara, Barry and Nancy.Juanita had many varied interests including playing bridge with friends and going to musical theater, but her greatest accomplishment was the vast knowledge she compiled researching her family’s genealogy. She traveled extensively seeking information about her ancestors’ history loving to look for clues in her family tree. Always an attractive lady, and still glamorous at age seventy-three, she remained extremely active. She participated in aerobics and held offices for the Dallas Genealogical Society with the Dallas Public Library. Juanita was also planning a trip to France with her sister when she suffered severe injuries in a car accident in 2000. She sustained a fractured leg as well as a brain injury which limited her ability to walk but not her ability to be interested in her loved ones. She continued to hold conversations about the massive amount of material she had collected on her lineage. In addition, Juanita enjoyed watching classic movies; however, spending time with family and friends was her greatest joy.In 2008, Juanita moved to Flagler Beach, Florida, to live with Barbara and her two children, Bud and Logan. Her family will miss her dearly.Juanita is predeceased by her son Barry Boyd Hogue, her parents, Raymond A. Brooks and Julia Marguerite Brooks, and her sister Helen Marguerite Brooks Witt.Juanita is survived by her daughter Barbara Hogue Maxwell and her partner, Jim Pilot, of Flagler Beach, Florida, grandchildren Carroll H. (Bud) Maxwell, IV, of Orlando, Florida, and Logan Kathleen Maxwell, of St. Augustine, Florida; her sister, Rose Alyce Brooks Beasley, of Richardson, Texas; and Nancy Hogue Wahlquist, Kyle David Wahlquist and Grant Nash Wahlquist, of Dallas, Texas, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews and cousins.There will be a graveside service at 11:00AM on Friday, June 15, 2018, in Restland Cemetery.
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