Obituary
Mr. Jerry Lee Brooks of Trumann, died Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at the family residence at the age of 81 years, 3 months and 21 days. He was born Saturday, September 2, 1933 in Carthage, Miss., to the late Lee Gordon and Estelle Settlemire Brooks. He lived most of his lifetime in Trumann, was a retired factory worker for Columbia Forest Products in Trumann and a member of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Mr. Brooks was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Brooks, two sons, Johnny Carl Brooks and Jerry Edward Brooks, two daughters, Debra Gail Brooks and Baby Brooks, one granddaughter, Patty Owens, great-grandson, Joshua Harold Armstrong, two brothers, Terry Lee and Bennie Ray Brooks, sister, Effie Lois Presley and parents, Lee Gordon and Estelle Settlemire Brooks. He is survived by six daughters, Louise Shotts, Brenda Dale Head, and Roberta Lee Witt all of Trumann, Barbara Drum of Harrisburg, Neicy Whitlock of Paragould and Margaret Lynn Hudgens of Searcy; three sons, Charles Leon Brooks, Buddy Lee Brooks and Jackie Brooks all of Trumann; two sisters, Bobby Nell Jackson of Trumann and Georgette Guffey of Shirley, AR; 18 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandson. Funeral services will be Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann with Rev. Bobby Brooks officiating. Burial will follow in Holly Springs Cemetery near Harrisburg, Ark. Visitation will be Friday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 at Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. Pallbearers will be Jackie Guffey, Walter Guffey, Scotty Hudgens, Sr., Scotty Hudgens, Jr., Gary Williams, Sr., Gary Williams, Jr., Steven Williams, Sr., Steven Williams, Jr., Jonathan Witt and Tyler Williams. An on online register book can be signed at www.thompsonfuneralhome.net.
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