Jack "Jack M Brooks" Brooks

Jack M. Brooks, 80, of DeSoto passed away Friday, December 28, 2012 at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, December 31, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Hillsboro with Rev. Michael Nemec of Christ Lutheran Church in Hillsboro officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Garden of Memory near Hillsboro. Jack will lie in state from 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Sunday and Monday prior to the service at the funeral home.

Jack was born February 8, 1932 in Maypearl to Ernest and May V. (Turner) Brooks. As a young child, he moved to Hill County and grew up in the Union Bluff area. He graduated from Hillsboro High School. In 1952, he entered the U.S. Army and served as an M.P. in Korea where he supervised POWs.

On February 7, 1953 Jack married Dorothy Mandell in Hillsboro and following his military service, the couple settled in Dallas. For a number of years, he worked for several aircraft manufacturers before joining American National Insurance, where he was an agent for 32 years, retiring in 1987.

Jack loved to spend time on his farm near Hillsboro raising cattle and playing his guitar. He was a member of Oak Cliff Christian Church in Dallas.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Brooks, of DeSoto; brother, Billy Gene Brooks of DeSoto; sister, Gennie V. Wadle and husband, Roy of DeSoto; brother-in-law and sister-inlaw, Billy and Mary Ruth Mandell of Mesquite; and nephews and nieces, Suzette Meacham, Michael Mandell, Karen Cotten, and Brent Wadle.

Memorials may be made to Juliette Fowler Home, 1234 Abrams Rd., Dallas, TX 75214 or Grace Presbyterian Village, 550 E. Ann Arbor, Dallas, TX 75216.

Funeral Service

2:00 PM ,Monday, December 31, 2012
Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors
2495 Corsicana Hwy. Hillsboro, TX, Hill 76645

Viewing

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ,Sunday, December 30, 2012
Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors
2495 Corsicana Hwy. Hillsboro, TX, Hill 76645

Viewing

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM ,Monday, December 31, 2012
Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors
2495 Corsicana Hwy. Hillsboro, TX, Hill 76645
Notes: Prior to the funeral service