Leafie Marie Brooks Obituary (1929

Leafie Marie Brooks, age 96, of London, Kentucky passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 1, 2025. Leafie was the daughter of the late Stanley Thomas Jones & Thelma Patience Tuttle-Jones, born in Laurel County, Kentucky. Leafie had an outgoing nature and enjoyed traveling. She loved watching sports, WLJC’s Hour of Harvest (Margaret), Hee-Haw reruns, and movies –one of her favorites being “O Brother Where Art Thou.” She loved listening to gospel bluegrass and swinging on her front porch. Leafie was a member of Blackwater Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Linda Sue (Bill) Marlow of Norton, OH, and Melissa Earline (Ricky) Jones of Richmond, KY; one son, Keith Allen (Cory) Gilbert of Ft. Worth, TX. Additionally, she has 8 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, 8 great, great grandchildren, and a host of other family and friends that mourn her passing. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Earl Brooks; one son, Dennis Murrell Gilbert; two sisters, Gloria Etta “Goey” Jones, Norma Lee Toman; and one brother, Dwane Stanley Jones. A funeral service honoring Leafie Marie Brooks will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of House-Rawlings Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Higginbotham Cemetery in McCreary County, Kentucky. The family will receive friends on Tuesday beginning at 12:00 p.m. until the service hour, also at the funeral home. The family has entrusted House-Rawlings Funeral Home with the arrangements.