Mary Esther Rooks died on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at her home in Vicksburg. She was 67.

Mrs. Rooks was a graduate of Rosa A. Temple High School and attended Alcorn State University. She was a member of Cool Spring Missionary Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold Leon Davis and Willie Mae Davis; and a brother, Lemoyne Davis.

Survivors include her son, William Lee Rooks of Humble, Texas; two daughters, Shannon Renee Davis and Ferise Rochelle Rooks, and one brother, Harold Davis, all of Vicksburg; two sisters, Margaret Davis of Cleveland, Ohio, and Edna Earl Davis of New Orleans; five grandchildren and other relatives and friends, including Georgia Kemp of Slidell, La.

Dillon-Chisley Funeral Home is handling arrangements.