R. Ned Brooks, 86, formerly of North Manchester, Ind., died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, at Hospice of the Valley, Glendale, Ariz. He was born in North Manchester, on March 5, 1927, to Raymond A. and Beatrice (Churchill) Brooks. Ned graduated from Central High School in North Manchester in 1945, and on Aug. 29, 1947, he …read more.