Obit: Leon Eric Brooks, Jr., Caddo & Franklin Parish 
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Obituary of Leon Eric Brooks, Jr., LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, 
Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Many Thanks to The Times - Signal for allowing the following to 
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BROOKS, Leon Eric, Jr. 

Leon Eric Brooks, Jr., 73, of Shreveport and a native of LaSalle Parish, died at the family's 
farm near Ft. Necessity in Franklin Parish. He was the father of country music singer, Leon 
"Kix" Brooks, half of the topselling duo Brooks and Dunn. Leon Brooks was born and reared 
in Urania. His father, Leon Brooks, Sr., Worked at Urania Lumber Co., until his death and his
mother taught in the Urania Grammar School until her retirement.  Leon graduated from Urania
High School and Louisiana Tech and worked in Shreveport until his death. He was also the
father of former Shreveport Times business writer Ben Brooks, who is now the publisher of
Port Isabel-South Padre Press in Laguna Vista,Texas. He is also survived by two daughters, 
Midge Vreeland of Yarmouth,
Maine and Lisa Brooks of Nashville, Tenn.
(The Jena Times, Wednesday, January 28, 1998)