Eileen

Brooks

Fannie Eileen Brooks daughter of the late Itha Ketchel Emmel and Clarence Emmel was born in Ellington, Missouri, on August 10, 1918. She departed this life at Westwood Hills Health Care Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, on November 27, 2007, having attained the age of 89 years, three months and 17 days.

On November 3, 1934 in Van Buren, Missouri, Eileen was united in marriage to Herbert Brooks to this loving union four children were born. Herbert preceded her in death on January 24, 2004. Eileen was a member of the Poplar Bluff Southside Assembly of God. And she ministered through the Bible Way Association of Doniphan. Eileen owned Brooks Candy Company famous for Pecan Pralines. She also made and decorated wedding cakes. Her other hobbies included making crafts, sewing and doing alterations.

Eileen was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one daughter, Sandra Marie, two brothers, Ralph and Thurman Emmel, two sisters, Marie Redding and Lorraine Carver, and one granddaughter, Pamela Isermann.

Eileen is survived by three sons, Leslie Brooks and wife Delores of Wheeling, MO, Kenneth Brooks and wife Kathleen of Jonesboro, AR, Dennis Brooks and wife Dorothy of Ellington, step-son, Bob Estep and wife Sue of Lebanon, MO, one brother, Frank Emmel of Pittsburg, KS, one sister, Elma Myers of Rockville, IN, five grandchildren, Mike, Tammy, Keith, Kevin and Wesley, and 14 great-grandchildren. Eileen will be deeply missed by a host of relatives and friends who will mourn her passing.

Visitation: 5 to 8 Wed.
Funeral Services were held at the McSpadden Funeral Home
Thursday November 29, 2007 at 1:00 P.M.
Minister: Jim Stewart Burial: Ellington City Cemetery
Pallbearers:
Arrangements by McSpadden Funeral Homes, Inc. Ellington, Missouri