Funeral service for SFC (Retired) James H. Brooks will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 10, 2018 in Cameron Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Teel, Pastor, and Rev. Bob Jones, Pastor Emeritus, officiating.

Entombment with full military honors will follow in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

SFC (Retired) James H. Brooks, age 88, died Sunday, May 6, 2018 in Lawton.  He was born July 1, 1929 in Laurel, Mississippi to Jesse H. and Ruie (Lott) Brooks.  He attended high school in Moss Point, Mississippi and later earned his bachelor's degree from Cameron University.  He married Miyako Yoshida on February 5, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan.  She preceded him in death on January 20, 2015.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army in August of 1949.  He retired from the U.S. Army in 1968 and was a Vietnam veteran.  His awards include the Good Conduct Medal (3 ^rd award), Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 device, Bronze Star Medal, one Overseas Service Bar and the Army Commendation Medal.  Following his retirement from the Army he worked for Civil Service at Fort Sill for 20 years.  He was a member of Cameron Baptist Church.

He is survived by two sisters, Louise Campbell and husband Lester, Nashville, Illinois and Ruie Waller, Escatawpa, Mississippi; nephew by marriage, Moritoshi Yoshida and wife Crystal, Ardmore, Oklahoma; many nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends including his adopted family, Keith and Chong Peace and their children, Angel Etheridge and husband Chris and Keith Pease, Jr. as well as Angel's children, Adam and Evan.

He was preceded in death by his brothers and sisters-in-law, W.B. and Carol Brooks, Raymond and Dorothy Brooks, Johnnie and Gladys Brooks and Ray Waller, and by his sister and brother-in-law, Lavon and Carl Gill.