ERNEST BRADY BROOKS, 64, of Wayne, W.Va., went to be with the Lord on Monday, July 25, 2022.  He was born March 25, 1958, in East Lynn, W.Va., a son of the late Ernie and Vicie Brooks.  Also preceding him in death was one brother, Sam Brooks; two sister, Charlotte Clay and Ruthie Dyer; one brother-in-law, Jesse Joe Scott; as well as his paternal grandparents-in-law, Orbie and Birdie Scott.  Ernest was a member of Wolf Pen Church of Christ, where he was loved by so many.

He leaves behind his loving wife of 41 years, Sherry Brooks; five sons, Shawn (Elizabeth) Brooks of Wayne, Robert (Courtney) Scarberry of Ft. Gay, W.Va., Paul Brooks, Eric (Allison) Brooks, and Dan (Sina) Kurtz, all of Wayne; two daughters, Shyanna (Zach) Brooks of Wayne, and Jenny Brooks of Huntington, W.Va.; two grandchildren, Kyleigh Kurtz and Haleigh Kurtz; his mother and father-in-law, Rose and Ray Scott, who loved him as their own son; and three special nephews, JT Stephens, Andrew (Heather) Scott, and Brad (Jessica) Scott, who all looked up to him as a father figure.

Also surviving are two brothers, Frankie (Sue) Brooks of Wayne, and Barry Frasher of Kenova, W.Va.; two sisters, Evangeline Brooks of Wayne, and Shirley (Carl) Grimm of Lesage, W.Va.; and a host of family and friends too numerous to mention.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 28, 2022, at Johnson Tiller Funeral Home with Minister Emual Adkins officiating.  Burial will follow in the Napier Cemetery.  Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday.