Brooks, Kristen Casey 

Services for Kristen Casey Brooks, 18, of Longview, will be 10 a.m. Monday, August 
14, 2006, at Greggton United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Don Gann, the Rev. 
Jonathan Bynum, and Father Mark Dunn officiating. Entombment will follow in Rosewood 
Park's Chapel Mausoleum. Arrangements are by Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Miss 
Brooks was born August 28, 1987, in Vicksburg, Miss., and she died August 10, 2006, 
in Longview. Survivors include her parents, John "Butch" and Lynda Brooks; sister, 
Carley Cordell; and brother, Cole Brooks. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday, August 
13, 2006, at the funeral home. A memorial guestbook may be signed online at 
www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 8/12/2006

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Brooks, Kristen Casey 

Kristen Casey Brooks was born August 28, 1987, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. In 2005, 
she graduated from Pine Tree High School, where she was a Globe Scholar and a member 
of Pine Tree Precision Drill Team, Z Club, the National Honor Society and Who's Who 
in American High Schools. She attended Kilgore College as a freshman, where she was 
a member of Phi Theta Kappa and a President's List scholar. She had attended Greggton 
Methodist Church, where she had been active in GYM Project. Survivors include her 
parents, John A. Brooks Jr., vice president of human resources at LeTourneau Inc., 
and Lynda Brooks, English instructor at Kilgore College; one sister, Carley Cordell 
of Lewisville; and one brother, Cole Brooks of Longview; paternal grandmother, Dorothy 
Brooks of Longview; maternal grandmother, Jean Gann of Vicksburg, Miss.; uncles, Kenny 
Brooks of Longview, Don Gann of Clinton, Miss., and Donald Murray of Shreveport, La.; 
aunts, Dottie Murray of Shreveport, La., and Melinda Gann of Clinton; cousins, Kelli 
and Michael Gann, Donna Voight, Chip Murray and DeAnn Jordan; and nephew, Cadyn Cordell. 
She was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, John A. Brooks Sr.; and maternal 
grandfather, Albert R. Gann. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. today, August 
13, 2006, at Rader Funeral Home Chapel, 1617 Judson Road. Services will be 10 a.m. 
Monday, August 14, 2006, at Greggton Methodist Church in the Extreme Worship Center. 
Entombment will follow in Rosewood Park's Chapel mausoleum. The family has established 
a scholarship fund in Kristen Casey's name at the LeTourneau Federal Credit Union. 
Donations can be mailed to the following address: Kristen Casey Brooks Memorial 
Scholarship Fund, LeTourneau Federal Credit Union, 2301 South High Street, Longview, 
TX 75602. A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 8/13/2006.