Mrs. Brooks was born on March 3, 1924 in Kelso, Washington to her parents Walter Newton Scroggins and Eva Bannister. She was a hard working mother of the Church of Jesus Christ and enjoyed sewing and crocheting.

She is survived by her husband, of 61 years, Edward W. Brooks, 5 sons; Gerard "Jerry" Boyd and his wife Norma of Little Rock, David "Randall" Brooks and his wife Kara of Sweet Home, Timothy Brooks and his wife Beverly of Benton, Joel Brooks and his wife Beverly and Dana Brooks of North Little Rock. She is also survived by her daughter, Patricia Johnson and her husband, Graham of Benton and her brother, Ronald Scroggins and his wife, Helen of Leola, Arkansas, along with seventeen grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Brooks is preceded in death by her parents, her brothers, Donald and Newton Scroggins and her son, Dwight Brooks.
Funeral services for Mrs. Brooks will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 26, 2009 in the chapel of Dial & Dudley Funeral Home with Edward Brooks Johnson officiating, and burial to follow at Orion Cemetery in Hensley, Arkansas
Visitation will be from6-8p.m.on Friday at the funeral home.