Rachel (Ogburn) Brooks

Rachel Ogburn Brooks, age 84, of Moncure, died Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at home.

Rachel was born in Johnston County, North Carolina on April 15, 1941, to the late Joseph Ogburn and Ada Farmer Ogburn. She was also preceded in death by her husband Charlie Franklin Brooks, Jr., one daughter, Linda Brooks Kidd, two brothers, Joseph Ogburn and Staley Ogburn, and two sisters, Margaret Raper and Janice Dupree.

Surviving relatives include two daughters, Rhonda Brooks of Pittsboro, Amy Brooks of Moncure, and one sister Sally Dorman and husband Lonnie of Coats, North Carolina. Immediately following the committal service, the family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall.

The funeral service will be held Monday, November 3, 2025, at 2:00PM at Pittsboro Baptist Church with Rev. Ray Gooch and Pastor Peter McDonald presiding. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made in Rachel’s memory to Pittsboro Baptist Church Bereavement Committee P.O. Box 696 Pittsboro, NC 27312.

Condolences may be made at www.donaldsonfunerals.com

Donaldson Funeral Home & Crematory is honored to serve the Brooks family.