Freda Brooks Douglas, 78, of Wauchula, passed away on Aug. 30, 2011 at Florida Hospital in Sebring.
She was born on March 18, 1933 in Oil City, Penn., the daughter of H. Alfred (Dutch) Brooks and Helene Hastings Brooks.
She and her husband John moved to Crystal Lake Village in 1984 from Penn.
Freda was an avid writer her whole life. She had published two books, "Cherish the Past" in 2004 and "Winds of Change" in 2008. She has also written many articles on FaithWriters.com. She worked at the Herald Advocate for many years in sales and wrote a column called "Freda's Foibles" until she moved to Alabama in 2007. She came back to Hardee County in 2009.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Roland S. Phillips in 1981, and John Robert Douglas in 2001.
Freda is survived by the family who adopted her in 2004, Linda Terhune, who was her friend and caregiver, Linda's son and his wife, Jason and Jennifer Hay, and their son, Garrett.
Her ashes will be scattered on a hillside in Oil City, Penn.