Kristen Casey Brooks was born August 28, 1987, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. In 2005, she graduated from Pine Tree High School, where she was a Globe Scholar and was a member of Pine Tree Precision Drill Team, Z Club, the National Honor Society, and Who's Who in American High Schools. She attended Kilgore College as a freshman, where she was a member of Phi Theta Kappa and a President's List scholar. She had attended Greggton Methodist Church, where she had been active in GYM Project.
Survivors include her parents John A. Brooks, Jr., Vice President of Human Resources at LeTourneau, Inc., and Lynda Brooks, English instructor at Kilgore College; one sister Carley Cordell of Lewisville and one brother Cole Brooks of Longview; paternal grandmother Dorothy Brooks of Longview, maternal grandmother Jean Gann of Vicksburg, MS; uncles Kenny Brooks of Longview, Don Gann of Clinton, MS, and Donald Murray of Shreveport; aunts Dottie Murray of Shreveport and Melinda Gann of Clinton; cousins Kelli and Michael Gann; Donna Voight, Chip Murray, and DeAnn Jordan; nephew Cadyn Cordell.
She is preceded in death by her paternal grandfather John A. Brooks, Sr., and maternal grandfather Albert R. Gann.
The family will receive friends from 5-7, Sunday, August 13, 2006 in the Rader Funeral Home Chapel, 1617 Judson Rd. Services will be at 10:00, Monday, August 14, at Greggton Methodist Church in the Extreme Worship Center. Entombment will follow in Rosewood Park's Chapel Mausoleum.
The family has established a scholarship fund in Kristen Casey's name at the LeTourneau Federal Credit Union. Donations can be mailed to the following address:
Kristen Casey Brooks Memorial Scholarship Fund; LeTourneau Federal Credit Union; 2301 South High Street; Longview, TX 75602.