Ellen Louise Jackson Brooks, 86, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at her home in Fairlawn. She was a longtime member of First Missionary Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Curtis Brooks, Sr.; her parents, Ralph Silas and Ethel May Jackson; and grandchildren Tonja and Latosha.
Survivors include her daughters, Shirley Redd, Gladys Jackson, and Margaret Hairston; sons and daughters-in-law, Ralph and Deborah Brooks, William, Jr., and Valentina Brooks, Larry Brooks, and Carl Brooks; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and other relatives and friends; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Walter (Pauline) Brooks, Douglas (Pam) Brooks, and Betty Woodward; and a special cousin, Arthur Jackson.
The family would like to especially thank Kindred Home Health and Hospice for all their love and care.
The family will receive friends from noon until 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the First Missionary Baptist Church in New River. Funeral services will begin at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Daniel Parks officiating. She will be interred at a later date beside her husband, in the Brooks Family Cemetery in Pearisburg.
The Brooks family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory in Radford.