Jeannette Marie Brooks

Jeannette Marie Brooks, 84 years old of Walker, Louisiana, passed away at home with her family by her side on Tuesday, August 23, 2016. She was born on Thursday, October 15, 1931, in Cottonport, Louisiana to Forest and Cecile Siemann. Jeannette was the past State President of the Gideon's Auxiliary. Jeannette enjoyed life and loved to crochet, ceramics, cooking, baking, her church, traveling and sewing but she especially loved spending time with her family.

Jeannette is survived by her daughters, Deborah Hodges Brooks, Brenda Brooks and Teddie Pike and her husband Craig, her sons, Gary Brooks and his wife Mary and Earnest R. Brooks, her grandchildren, Angel Patterson, Joseph Patterson and his wife Penny, Ashley Vallot and her husband Dan, Jacob Miller and his wife Muthita, Dustin Brooks and his wife Stephanie, Eric Brooks, Matthew Brooks and his wife Hannah, Schyler Brooks-Dardenne and his husband Eric, Victoria and Destiny Brooks, her great grandchildren, Dylan Hodges, Christian Gendron, Brantley Pike, Seth Foreman, Miranda and Brendan Patterson, Brayden, Addi, and Noah Vallot,  also many nieces, nephews and close friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Forest and Cecile Siemann, her daughter, Elizabeth “Gail” Munson, her granddaughter, Amber Pike Foreman, her brothers, Raymond, Hewitt and Lloyd Siemann.

A Visitation for Jeannette will be held on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm and continue on Thursday, September 8, 2016 from 9:00am - 11:00am at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Hammond. A Funeral Service Celebrating Jeannette's Life will immediately follow Thursday's visitation at 11:00am in the funeral home chapel. Entombment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park in Denham Springs.

Jeannette's guest book can be viewed at www.harrymckneely.com.