Photo courtesy of Eisenhour Funeral Home - Blanchard
Blanchard, Oklahoma
Feb 2, 1937 – Mar 29, 2019 (Age 82)
Rex Dwain Brooks, 82, of Oklahoma City, went to be with his Lord on Friday, March 29, 2019, at his home. The son of Berry Wilson “Dub” Brooks and Edith Bane (Byers) Brooks, he was born February 2, 1937, in Blanchard, Oklahoma.
Rex grew up in Blanchard and graduated from Blanchard High School in 1955. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served in Okinawa from 1960 to 1962. He married Norma Newton on May 16, 1964, in Oklahoma City. Rex received a BBA in Finance from the University of Oklahoma in 1965, an LLB from the University of Oklahoma in 1967, superseded by a Juris Doctor awarded on April 21, 1970. Rex’s legal career began in 1967, as an Associate Attorney with Elliott, Woodard, and Ralston; in 1968, as a Staff Attorney for Maryland Casualty Company, in 1974, he entered private practice and continued until his death. The majority of Rex’s career was spent working side by side with his beloved wife, Norma, in their law office, until her health no longer allowed. In 2017, he received a certificate of recognition in honor of more than 50 years membership in the Oklahoma Bar Association. He was a past member of the Association of Trial Lawyers, a member of the Oklahoma County Bar Association and American Bar Association, and a past member of the Chickasaw Bar Association. He was admitted to practice in the Eastern and Western United States District Courts, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States Supreme Court, and the Chickasaw Tribal Court.
Rex was Baptist in faith and was a longtime member of Baptist Temple Church in Oklahoma City. He faithfully served Jesus as an ordained Deacon, Chairman of the Deacons, Sunday School Teacher, member of the Ministry Leadership Team and Security Detail, and as an occasional pulpit supply preacher.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 53 years, Norma Newton Brooks; three brothers, Orlan, Raymond, and Donald Brooks; and a sister-in-law Donna Brooks.
Rex is survived by one daughter, Elizabeth Hicks and her husband, Terry, and one son, Jonathan Brooks, all of Oklahoma City; two brothers, Ron Brooks, and Roy Brooks and his wife, Connie; one sister, Shirley Southard and her husband, Dick; two sisters-in-law, Ruth Ann Brooks and Euline Brooks, all of Blanchard; numerous nieces and nephews; and many other loved ones and friends.
Funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Blanchard. Burial will follow in the Blanchard Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home of Blanchard. Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com.
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thank Mr Brooks for you help us my mother an I we will remember you on our life's will miss you! thank you!
Queven Herrera
July 12, 2020 | Okc, OK | Friend
Rex Brooks and him family have been like a second family to me. Rex has given me very good advice over the 40 plus years that I've known him. He is truly missed. May God be with his family.
Robert
March 25, 2020 | Blanchard, OK | Friend
Thank you Mr. Rex for everything you have done for us throughout the years. Especially when you had to battle the little sister back in 02 with mother and dad's estate.when the little sister could not figure out how to read their will. You were a trooper in making it happen for us over here instead of having to run to Tulsa all the time. Thank you Very much for everything you have done for us. we will miss you. We will miss having you as our friend and our attorney. May you and Norma have...
Herbert Jenke
August 15, 2019 | Yukon, OK | Friend
I have added my words on facebook and been joined there by another on of our law school classates.
A quick word of sadness on the passing of a member of my ou law school class, Rex Brooks. We both practiced a lot in the Oklahoma County Courthouse but usually not in the same courtrooms. Neither of us took or had the opportunity to retire. Perhaps for this reason, we were always happy to say hello to each other. In fact, both of us were soft-spoken in our work. I'll miss our helloes. Good...
barry benefield
August 01, 2019 | Oklahoma City, OK
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Dorothy N Richey
April 15, 2019 | Blanchard, OK
Rex was very special to my daughter and I. He took us in and treated us as a father/grandfather would during the most difficult time of our lives. We love him like our family and will miss him greatly.
Tammy and Stephanie Adamson
April 03, 2019 | Geary, OK | Friend
I will always remember how kind Rex was, and how welcoming, to a kid away from home for college. He and Norma scooped me up for family dinners out and and made me grilled cheese sandwiches in their kitchen. I remember coming over with Beth, and seeing Rex in his easy chair, his feet up with a paper during the rare times of day he wasn't working. He was a great dad. I will miss him very much.
Michelle Boyer
April 02, 2019 | Denver, CO
Rex was a tremendous help to us when we lost our parents. We are the daughters of Maxine Brooks Sullivan and granddaughters of Mont and Jennie Brooks. We live in Texas so it was difficult for us to take the necessary steps in the inheritance process. Rex guided us through it and was so kind and helpful. We truly appreciate all he did for us. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. May he rest in peace.
Tammy Sullivan and Sherri Farmer
Tammy Sullivan
April 02, 2019 | Austin, TX
Rex Brooks was a superb strategist in the courtroom, a beautiful, Christian friend, with a practical sense of humor, and more importantly, he was a phenomenal man of God. I look forward to seeing you again, Rex.
Love you bunches,
Deena Thomas
Deena Thomas
April 02, 2019 | Oklahoma City, OK | Friend
