Roy E. Brooks of Tullahoma, Tennessee  passed away Monday, March 21, 2022  age of 92 at Woodbriar Nursing Home in Harrisburg, Arakanse while under Hospice comfort Care.

He was born in Pontotoc,  Mississippi on January 12, 1930 to Leonard and Myrtle Brooks. He graduated high school in Sherman County  Mississippi and later joined the army  as a M.P. during the Korean War. He was stationed in Austria during his service for the war.

He later attended Itawamba Jr. college in Mississippi and Florence State College in Alabama where he graduated with  Bachelor Degree in History and Math. After teaching High School for several  years, he enter the Credit Finance business where he worked for 39 years.

He was a member of the Grundy Street Church of Christ in Tullahoma, Tennessee  and was formerly an Elder at the Hamilton Church of Christ, Hamilton, Alabama. His life motto was, 'put God first in everything and all else will fall into place. His love for God proceeded anything that he did in his life.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Norma Lou Nixon Brooks, his parents, Leonard and the Myrtle Brooks, 5 brothers, Archie, Travis, Havis, Homer, and Wayne Brooks, 2 sons-in-laws, Byron F. Murphy (Skip) and Gary A. Frost.

He leaves to cherish his memory, Children: Dr. Patricia Murphy, Edward and wife (Joan) Brooks, James and his wife (Jennifer) Brooks, Kaye Frost. Grandchildren: Chad and (Rose) Banks, Dustin and (Brittany) Banks, Michael Murphy, Jonathan Brooks, Connor Brooks, Jemma Brooks, Matthew Dillon Webb, and Cody Frost. Great-Grandchildren: Avonlea, Henry, and Nora Banks, Colston and Anden Banks, Violet Webb. Two Sisters: Erma Newell and Margurette Robison.

Psalms 62: 1-2 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.  He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

Visitation will be 1-2 p.m. Sunday, March 27, 2022 at Hamilton Church of Christ.

Service will follow at  2 p.m.  at Hamilton Church of Christ with Bro. Ted Burleson and Bro. Chad Banks officiating. Interment at Shiloh cemetery in Hackleburg.