Staff Sgt. Joseph Brooks

Joey was born Sept. 12, 1982, at Eglin Air Force Base in Niceville, Fla. He moved to Amarillo as a child and graduated from Amarillo High School in 2001. He was serving as a drill sergeant in the Army. Joey is our hero. He served in the Iraq War from 2004 to 2005, where he saved his compound from an Iraqi mortar attack. He married his wife, Jennifer, on Nov. 1, 2008. He was an amazing, loving husband, father, son, brother and friend to so many, as well as being a member of the local Masonic fraternity and Khiva Shrine. Joey was a motorcyclist, Mixed Martial Arts fighter and Mr. Fix-it for all things mechanical. He worked as a drill sergeant in the Army as well as an electrician for Xcel Energy. Joey embodied the core values of honor, integrity, family, protector and faith. He will be greatly missed by so many who loved and knew him. Survivors include his wife, Jennifer Brooks; a son, Andrew; a daughter, Joplyn; his parents, Alice and Charles Kemp and Dave and Jerri Brooks; his brothers, Kyle and Cody; his stepsiblings, Keith Spiers and Rachel Yonkers; his grandparents, Bill Banaka, Kathleen Muldoon and Malcolm and Gretha Brooks; an uncle, Erik Brooks; his aunts, Anne Marie Watt, Mary Engelman and Amy Pearl; and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation Schedule

Cox Funeral Home 4180 Canyon Drive Amarillo, TX 79109 Tuesday, November 18, 2014 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Service Schedule

Church Service Hillside Christian Church West Campus 6100 Soncy Road Amarillo, TX Wednesday, November 19, 2014 11:00 A.M.

Burial Schedule

Memorial Park Cemetery Amarillo , TX

Memorial Contributions

Khiva Shrine Children's Travel Fund 305 SE 5th Amarillo, TX 79101