Obituary: Donald Odell Rooks Sr. Nov. 25, 1932 ~ April 24, 2011

As a beautiful sun rose over the prairie on Easter morning, April 24, 2011, Donald Odell Rooks Sr. returned to his Heavenly Father after a short stay in a hospital in Omaha, Neb. He was 79.
Don was born in Marianna, Fla., on Nov. 25, 1932, the second son of Edna “Lee” and Wilford L. Rooks. Don spent his early childhood years in the Marianna area, enjoying swimming in the rivers, fishing and participating in…