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Mar 6, 2010 · Note: The headstone photos are copies taken off of Colleen Carroll McElroy Brooks by Linda Nix (Winn) Black and added to this memorial. The original photo are courtesy of Jackie on 9/15/2006. Obituary Troyal Raymond Brooks, Jr., was the son of Velma Glee Dickens & Troyal Raymond Brooks, Sr. His parents were married...
Troyal Raymond Brooks Jr. When Troyal Raymond Brooks Jr. was born on 10 January 1931, in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Troyal Raymond Brooks Sr., was 24 and his mother, Velma Glee Dickens, was 29. He married Geraldine Clay on 1 April 1950, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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Troyal Garth Brooks was born on February 7, 1962, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [16] [1] He was the youngest child of Troyal Raymond Brooks Jr. (1931–2010), a draftsman for an oil company, and Colleen McElroy Carroll (1929–1999), a 1950s-era country singer of Irish [17] ancestry who recorded on the Capitol Records label and appeared on Ozark Jubilee.
- Brooks’ Father Raymond Was A Former U.S. Marine & Oil Company Worker
- Brooks’ Mother Colleen Was A Professional Singer & Radio Personality
- Brooks’ Half-Sister Betsy Smittle Was A Guitarist & Backup Singer
- Brooks’ Daughter Allie Colleen Brooks Is A Singer & Songwriter
- Brooks Considers Family to Be The Most Important Thing in His Life
Brooks’ father, Troyal “Raymond” Brooks, was a former U.S. Marine. According to Random House, he worked as an engineer and draftsman for one of Tulsa’s biggest oil companies, Union of California. Brooks said that his father made a point of raising him and his siblings right, and so they were constantly reminded to act courteously. When Brooks asked...
Brooks’ mother Colleen Brooks (nee Carroll) was a professional singer. She was featured on “Red Foley’s Ozark Jubilee,” which was a pioneering radio and television show in Oklahoma. Her positive notices on the show caught the attention of Capitol Records, who promptly signed her to a record deal. Colleen recorded four singles for Capitol in the 195...
Brooks grew up with four half-siblings (Jim, Jerry, Mike, and Betsy) and an older brother (Kelly). His family hosted weekly talent nights at their home in Yukon, Oklahoma, and each child was required to participate, either by singing or doing skits. Brooks learned to play both the guitar and banjo during this time, but it was his sister Betsy who s...
Brooks’ musical genes have extended to his own children. His eldest daughter, Allie Colleen Brooks, released her debut single in 2019, which is titled “Work In Progress” and was co-written by Marcus Hummon and Greg Brick. “When I walked in the studio that day with Marcus and Greg, Marcus already had the entire song structure minus the chorus when w...
Brooks admitted that he was once “the guy that thought more of myself than I should’ve,” but maintains that his relationship with his family has never waned. “We put the fun in dysfunctional,” he told Robin Roberts. “All it did was shine a light on our dysfunction in our family.” During a separate interview with People, Brooks said that he values f...
Birth of Garth Brooks. Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. 2010. March 6, 2010. Age 79. Death of Troyal Raymond Brooks, Jr. Edmond, Oklahoma. Genealogy for Troyal Raymond Brooks, Jr. (1931 - 2010) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Colleen Carroll Brooks
- Oklahoma
- January 10, 1931
Troyal Raymond Brooks Sr. Birth 9 Aug 1906. Oklahoma, USA Death 12 Mar 1985 (aged 78) Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA Burial. Tahlequah Cemetery.
Dec 15, 2020 · Brooks’ father, Troyal Raymond Brooks Jr., worked for an oil company and his mother, Colleen Carroll, was a singer who recorded on the Capitol Records label and appeared on the 1950s variety ...
