Leo Charles Brooks

LEO CHARLES BROOKS Leo Charles Brooks, formerly of Port St. Lucie, died at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, AL on March 15,2012. He was born in Manchester, NH but reared in Rutland, MA. He served in the U.S. Army and had an honorable discharge. His career was mostly spent in Personnel Management with the Veterans Administration. He took an early retirement from the VA Central Office, Washington, DC and moved with wife, Mary, to Port St. Lucie in 1981. He joined the Sandpiper Men's Golf Association and served all offices on the Board of Directors. He continued as Tournament Chairman of the SBMGA and ultimately became known as "Mr. Tournament Chairman". He is survived by his wife, Mary; sister, Marilyn McGann of Bossier City, LA; mother-in- law, Nadean Johnson of Dothan, AL; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jimmie and Barbara Johnson of TX; nephew Lt. Col. James McGann [Joyce] of LA; niece Missy [Rob] Behrendt of LA; niece Michelle [Joe] Johnson of Dothan; nephew Jimmie D. Johnson, Jr. [Kathleen] of Wayne, PA; 10 great nieces and nephews and two great-great nieces. He was predeceased by parents Leo I. and Ruth M. Brooks; brother-in-law, John McGann; father-in-law Jimmie Johnson; nephew Jack McGann. He was jointly responsible in the formation of the Deaf Service Center of the Treasure Coast, Inc. For many years he and Mary attended the North Stuart Baptist Church in Stuart, FL. In Dothan, he was a member of Covenant United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Port St. Lucie Volunteer Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 8026, Port St. Lucie, FL 34985, American Diabetes Association or the building fund at Covenant United Methodist Church, 3610 West Main Street, Dothan, AL 36305. Burial will be in the Rutland. MA cemeterv at a later date Paid Obituary