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Updated: December 7, 2024 @ 4:03 am
VGCC / Special to The Daily Dispatch Phyllis Thomas and Cecilia Wheeler (from left), counselor and dean, respectively, at Vance-Granville Community College’s south campus, join LaToya Brooks, Damar Zackery, Theresa Brooks Zackery, Shamaria Zackery and VGCC endowment fund director Eddie Ferguson to celebrate the establishment of the Charles Brooks Sr. Scholarship.
VGCC / Special to The Daily Dispatch Phyllis Thomas and Cecilia Wheeler (from left), counselor and dean, respectively, at Vance-Granville Community College’s south campus, join LaToya Brooks, Damar Zackery, Theresa Brooks Zackery, Shamaria Zackery and VGCC endowment fund director Eddie Ferguson to celebrate the establishment of the Charles Brooks Sr. Scholarship.
A new scholarship is set to keep alive the memory of a former Vance-Granville Community College staff member.
Charles L. Brooks Sr. of Oxford died in 2009 at the age of 61, following a long battle with a rare form of leukemia and after many years working at the college’s south campus. In the years since, his friends and coworkers at the college have worked to establish a scholarship in his name through the VGCC Endowment Fund.
Brooks worked in the college’s plant operations department starting in 1986 on a part-time basis and became a full-time employee in 1990. He served as the custodian and housekeeper at the south campus from the time it opened at its permanent location between Creedmoor and Butner in 1988.
“Charles was beloved by the students, faculty and staff at south campus for his contagious laughter, hard work and humble spirit,” said south campus dean Cecilia Wheeler. “His desire to help and support everyone on this campus was matched only by his devotion to his family.”
Two of Brooks’ children, LaToya Brooks and Theresa Brooks Zackery, along with Zackery’s children, recently visited the college to celebrate the naming of the scholarship in memory of their father and grandfather.
Charles Brooks was a U.S. Army veteran. He graduated from Joe Toler High School and later from Vance-Granville, where he studied automotive mechanics and recreational therapy. He was a member of St. Matthews Baptist Church in Oxford.
For more information or to make a contribution to help fully endow the scholarship, call Kay Currin at (252) 738-3409.
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