James \u201cJimmy\u201d Douglas Brooks, 83, passed away peacefully on July 29, 2026, in Port St. Lucie, Florida.<\/p>\n
Born on January 12, 1943, in Shelbyville, Indiana, Jimmy was the son of Carol and Laverne Brooks. He moved to Florida with his family in 1956 and became a lifelong resident of St. Lucie County.<\/p>\n
A proud graduate of Dan McCarty High School, Class of 1960, Jimmy was a hardworking entrepreneur who owned and operated S&S Towing and Brooks Body Shop for many years.<\/p>\n
Jimmy was known for his generous spirit and willingness to lend a helping hand. A dedicated community volunteer, he enjoyed watching sports, water skiing, boating, taking his Jeep for drives on the beach, and going out to dinner with family and friends. He had a wonderful sense of humor, loved making people laugh, and will be remembered as a true jokester.<\/p>\n
He is survived by his beloved wife of 65 years, Patricia Brooks of Port St. Lucie, Florida; his son, Doug (Tommi) Brooks of North Carolina; his daughters, Barbie (Jeff) Smith of Port St. Lucie, Florida, and Stephanie (Scott) Holmes of Fort Pierce, Florida; and his cherished grandchildren, Tiffani, Lindsay, Kaitlin, Ansley, Reid, Lindsey, McKenzie, Coltan, Brooks, Hunter, Dawson, Jaron, and Jeffrey.<\/p>\n
Jimmy was preceded in death by his parents, Carol and Ethel Laverne Brooks, and by his son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and Judy Brooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James \u201cJimmy\u201d Douglas Brooks, 83, passed away peacefully on July 29, 2026, in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Born…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-358893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}