Graveside service for Eugene "Gene" Ronald Brooks, age 79 of Cement will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at Celestial Gardens Cemetery in Cyril, OK.
Gene was born the son of Ronald Charles Brooks and Lorrette May Bessette Brooks on May 16, 1939 in Lyndon, Vermont. He died January 5, 2019 in Chickasha, OK.
Gene graduated from high school in St. Johnsberry, Vermont. He then spent 3 years in the Air Force. He married Mary Stancil in 1959 and they moved to Massachusetts so that he could work in the family construction business. In 1978 they moved to Grady County southwest of Chickasha. Gene continued in construction work and farmed on the side. After the death of his wife he moved to Cement.
Gene was preceded in death by his parents Ronald and Lorrette Brooks; wife Mary Brooks and infant sister Florence Brooks.
Gene is survived by his son Tim Brooks and Betty; daughter Tina Moore and Greg; grandchildren Fauna Hankins and Rick, Natasha Brooks and Matt, Justin McConnell and Amanda, and Joshua Brooks and Larissa; great-grandchildren Gunner, Ryker, Bentley and Jayce; and numerous other family.
Viewing will begin on Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.
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