Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BROOKS, GLYNNE INGRAM May 9, 2012
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News Star World -  May 11, 2012
GLYNNE INGRAM BROOKS

Funeral Services for Mrs. Glynne Ingram Brooks, 87, of West Monroe, LA will be 
held 10:00 AM, Saturday, May 12, 2012, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home 
West Monroe, LA with Reverend Cory Bruce, Dr. Kenneth Thompson, Reverend Jimmy 
Eppinette, Reverend Oda "Tuck" Roberts, Reverend Mark Fenn, and Reverend Woods 
Watson officiating. Interment will follow in the Mulhearn Memorial Park 
Cemetery in Monroe, LA.

Mrs. Allie Glynne Ingram Brooks was born on December 19, 1924 in Shreveport, 
Louisiana, and went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 9, 
2012. She was at home surrounded by her loved ones.

Glynne, the devoted wife of the late Reverend Paul E. Brooks, was a caring and 
loving mother to her two daughters, Paula Brooks Sommer and Jan Brooks Frost.

Her drive to help others was carried out in her thirty plus year career as a 
dedicated Social Worker at the Richland Parish Welfare Office, where she moved 
from assisting others to supervisor, to Richland Parish Administrator.

Outside of work, her love for others was demonstrated through her ministering 
to church families alongside her husband for 57 years as a pastor's wife. She 
enjoyed being the Minister of Music at various churches, where he served as a 
minister. Glynne's secret ambition was to become a doctor. After graduation 
from Louisiana Tech University, she was accepted into medical school, but 
never attended, choosing instead to marry her "true love". She would fulfill 
her dream of caring for people during their health challenges by staying with 
friends and relatives during illness and taking care of them when they 
returned home from the hospital after surgery.

Mrs. Brooks was preceded in death by her husband, Reverend Paul E. Brooks, her 
parents, Glenn Boy and Allie Murrel Ingram, grandparents Minnie and Lawrence 
Horne of Shreveport, LA, father and mother-in-law, Reverend Leondis and Eloise 
Brooks, of Sicily Island, LA, brother Richard Ingram and wife Betty of 
Shreveport, La., brothers and sister-in-law, Aubrey and Thelma Brooks of 
Sicily Island, LA, Madison and Nelda Brooks of Johnson City, TN, Dargan Brooks 
of Marshall, TX, Kerfoot and Grace Brooks, of Jena, LA, J. Dodd Brooks of 
Monroe, LA, Reverend Shadrach and Bess Brooks of Crowley, LA, sister 
Hasseltine Brooks DeBoe and husband Freeman of Vicksburg, MS, nephews Lee 
Wayland Brooks of Monroe, LA; Richard Ingram, Jr. of Shreveport, LA, and 
Kerfoot G. Brooks Jr. of Jena, LA.

Those remaining to cherish her memory are her sister, Bertha Mae Roberts, of 
Shreveport, LA; daughter, Paula and her husband Charles Sommer of Arlington, 
TX, daughter Jan and her husband, Darrel Frost of West Monroe, LA; Darrel's 
parents Glen and Barbara Frost of West Monroe, LA. Her grandchildren who will 
miss her include; Brooks Sommer of Arlington, TX; Charles Sommer IV and wife 
Jenny of Houston,TX; James Sommer and wife Kelley of Lakewood Ranch, FL; 
Anthony and Tami Sommer of Fort Worth, TX, Reverend Cory Bruce and wife 
Melissa of Harrisonburg, LA; Linsey Bruce of Columbia, LA., Billy Bruce and 
wife Ashley of Mangham, La; Brandi Bruce Cordill and husband Joey of 
Winnsboro, LA; Ashley and Tyler Frost of West Monroe, LA.

Her great grandchildren Connor and Kaden Hatten, twins, Cooper and Madison 
Bruce, Kennedy Bruce, Jackson, Jacob, and Bruce Cordill, Cristena, Alex, 
Audrey, Mary, Mitchell, Andrew, Carissa, Elizabeth, and Violet Sommer. And 
many loving nephews, nieces, and special friends.

Pallbearers will be Billy Bruce, J Dodd Brooks, Craig Brooks, Keith Guice, 
Tommy Aswell, and Richard Davis.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Jim Bruce, Dr. John Brooks, Malvin Sistrunk, Tom 
Van Zyle, Dr. Donald Hammett, Deacons that served while Reverend Brooks was 
minister of First Baptist Church, Mangham and Longstraw Baptist Church, 
Choudrant.

Special thanks to staff of Dr. Donald Hammett, Premier Hospice, TruCare Home 
Health, private caretakers Shelia, Carolyn, Panecia, and Sherlandra. Thanks 
also to Barbara Frost, Denise Ayo, Sue King and Sue Ambrose for coming at a 
moment's notice to help as needed; Ann Fenn for singing and serving as pianist 
and Richard Davis for singing her favorite "The Anchor Holds".

Visitation will be held at Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe on Friday, May 
11, 2012 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM.

Memorials can be made to the Gideons and the Baptist Children's Home.

For it is said of her "And her children rise up and call her blessed." 
Proverbs 31.



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