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Jerome Brooks Suicide, Houston Texas, Jerome Brooks Has Sadly Passed Away

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Jerome Brooks Suicide – Early on Saturday morning, August 13, 2022, in his sister LaVerne Brooks’ home, Mr. Jerome Lee Brooks heard the voice of God and went in peace. Jerome was raised on the Virginia Peninsula after being born in Newport News on August 21, 1954. He was the son of the late Richard E. Brooks and Mary L. Council Brooks.

In his early years, he joined and was baptized at Greater Walter’s A.M.E. Zion Church in Newport News, Virginia, under the guidance of the late Rev. Dr. E. M. Wilson. He took an active position in the Bus Ministry, Men’s Ministry, and Bible Study. Jerome completed his basic education in the Newport News Public School system before earning his high school diploma from Ferguson in 1972.

After graduating, he pursued a job with Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, where he worked for 25 years. Prior to his health failing, he worked as a Custodial Supervisor at Service Management Systems. Mr. Jerome Lee Brooks’s parents and two sisters, Joyce and Mildred Flythe, came before him. Jerome leaves behind his lone child, Jerome A. Brooks, one brother, Richard T. Brooks (Martha) of Suffolk, Virginia, and four sisters, Reverend Adrienne Brooks of Carrolton,

Virginia, LaVerne Brooks of Williamsburg, Virginia, and Catherine Brooks of York County, Virginia. He also left behind four nieces, Monica, Terrell, Rhonda, and Ashley, and six nephews, Gregory, Solomon, Darren, Aaron, Sharrod, Christopher, and Nathaniel, in addition to his cherished great nieces and great nephews. He will also be sorely missed by longtime friend Brenda Kirk and her children, Teneka, Tony, and Kimberly, as well as Zymere, who held a special place in Jerome’s heart. Jerome was an obsessive Red Skins fan.

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