Brooks Gentle (Al.com)

 Athlete and worked for the Defense Department.

Nickname:

Brooksie

Born:

May 3, 1940, Madison County, Alabama

Died:

October 15, 2009, Huntsville, AL

Husband of:

Dr. Linda Moorehead Gentle

Notes:

•  Son of Carter Lelve Gentle, Sr. (1905-1975) and Myrtle Essie McCormack (1909-). - Ancestry.com

•  "A 1959 Butler graduate, Gentle was a star athlete in baseball, football and basketball, and was an honor student and president of the National Honor Society." - Clines

•  Butler High School athlete, played three years in the Cleveland Indians organization and was a 2000 inductee into the Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame. - Clines

•  June 17, 1959: "Butler's Brooks Gentle signed Bonus contract with Cleveland Indians Pro Baseball team for $10,000. He had scholarship to play football at Vanderbilt but chose to play Pro Baseball instead." - Eden

•  Brooks Gentle was included in Records list of "Athletes of Madison County" with exceptional skills in Football and Baseball, and connections with Vanderbilt and the Cleveland Indians. The following was the criteria for inclusion in the list published in 1978: "Only Leagues considered major were used. Any athlete who lived in Madison County could be included. They need not have been born here. Practically every coach in Madison County submitted names and checked the above list. Numerous persons active and interested in sports also did. Readers are invited to submit other names to the author for inclusion in Volume III." (James Record died before publishing Volume III.) - Record

•  Brooks E. Gentle & Linda M. Moorehead obtained a marriage license on September 24, 1960 in Madison County, Alabama. - MCRC

•  Father of Edward Brooks Gentle II, Amy Gentle Grubb, and Jessica Gentle Koebel. - Clines

•  "Gentle worked for the Defense Department for 38 years, primarily in missile programs, and worked as a tax accountant in the family tax service business." - Clines

•  For 38 years, Brooks worked for the Department of Defense as a logistician and fielding specialist primarily in the Hawk and Multiple Launch Rocket System missile programs. During this time, he was inducted into the Order of Saint Barbara. For several years, Brooks was a member of the Alabama National Guard. In addition, since 1962, Brooks worked as a tax accountant in the family business, Moorehead Tax Service.
      Brooks was predeceased in death by his parents; sisters, Bobbie McPeters and Goldie Scott; brother, James Gentle; mother-in-law, Mildred Moorehead; niece, Jo Ann Fowler; and nephew, Bennie Harbin. - Obituary

•  Died of cancer at the age of 69. - Clines


Related Links:

•  Ancestry.com - Page owned by Barbara_Wineinger and can be viewed only with an ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9618201/person/1062448703.)

•  Clines - Article titled "Friends and family recall 'Brooksie' Gentle as a Team Player" by Keith Clines of The Huntsville Times, October 26, 2009.

•  Eden - Eden of the South: A Chronology of Huntsville, Alabama, 1805-2005, by Raneé G. Pruitt, Editor, 2005, page 197.

•  MCRC - Madison County Records Center

•  Obituary - Huntsville Times, Oct. 20, 2009. (Originally found at http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/MinorLeaguers/Obits_G/Gentile.Edward.Obit001.html.)

•  Record - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentally of Alabama and the United States, Volume II, by James Record, 1978, page 560.

The Following Pages Link to this Page:
•  Dr. Linda Moorehead Gentle
•  Eden
•  Record