Mark Brooks - My Dad

Mark Brooks in Lake Tahoe

My father, Mark Lyndol Brooks, was born on October 10, 1953 to Wheat and Jean Brooks. He was delivered at Methodist Hospital in Oak Cliff, Texas. He said his parent were very loving and godly parents. They always took him and his sister, Judy, to church every Sunday and were always involved in the church.  My dad and his sister were always given what they needed and some of what they wanted even when they didn’t necessarily have the money for it. Wheat, my granddad, is from Cooper, Texas and Jean, my grandmother, was from Commerce, Texas. After they married they moved to Dallas and lived there until they moved to Rockwall in 1987, just before I was born. Growing up I remember my grandparents living right next door to us and I loved it. I was so spoiled by them and I still am today.

Mark Brooks

My dad said that his favorite childhood memories were playing baseball and spending the summers with his grandparents. His favorite part about playing baseball was the “hope” of hitting a home run and his mom and dad cheering him on. I didn’t know that my dad used to spend the summers with his grandparents; I think its cool because I used to spend the summers with my grandparents and ride my four-wheeler. Now that my grandmother has passed I miss the precious time I had with her.

His father was in the automobile business, from what I remember he was kind of like a mechanic. Ever since I can remember, my granddad could always fix everything and he would always fix my four-wheeler when it would break. His mom worked for an insurance company and she used to work with my mom in Dallas.

JJ Gonzales, Mark Brooks, Hannah Brooks

My dad went to school in the Dallas Independent School District and he said that school back then had more discipline, they had longer summer vacations and had more one-on-one attention.

Even though I grew up in split homes and lived with my mom most of the time, I still have learned a lot from my dad. He always explains things to me in a very simple and easy to follow way that I understand. The main thing that I learned from my father is how to control my finances. He always gives me advice on how to save my money and how to “save for a rainy day”. He knows what he is talking about when it comes to money.