Robert Earl "Big Bob" Brooke

October 27, 1948 - May 7, 2023

He was born in Gary, Indiana. He graduated from
Pasadena High School, Pasadena Texas. He was a V-1
Division USS America CVA-66 Vietnam Veteran. Big Bob
attended Virginia Tech in Portsmouth, Virginia and then
graduated with a BA in Business Administration from
Southeastern Louisiana University. He started out in
business with Hayden Swimming Pools and subsequently
became the owner of Brookeside Pools. Big Bob started his
relationship with the Lord at Mt Nebo Baptist Church in
1984, where he actively taught Sunday School, led the
music, and participated in all activities of the church. In
2000, he brought his family to join the congregation of
Cornerstone Church of Amite. His favorite thing was 8
a.m. services with David Leto and singing old gospel
music. Big Bob was a quiet man who went about his
business tending to his family. He enjoyed hunting,
fishing, golfing, and playing cards with Radar Currier and
the Pat Murphy gang. He was an avid supporter of the
Amite Oyster Festival and any other activity his wife got
him into.
Visitation will be at 10 a.m. until service at 1 p.m.
Saturday, May 13, 2023 by Bro Mark Leto and Pastor
Mervin Strother at Cornerstone Church of Amite. Military
honors by MasterSergeant (Retired) Marvin Vernon.
He is survived by his wife Carol Alford Brooke; one son
Clifford Brooke and wife Julie; one daughter Robin

Brooke; two grandsons Landon Davis and John Dakota
Brooke.
He is also survived by his "adopted" family including: Rod
and Alayne Granat, Kyle and Gabriella Granat and baby
Luke; Jared and Madelyn Granat Wilkinson and baby to
come in November; Don, Jacquie, Justin and Bella
Summerford; Mikey Schmitt and Rachael Brooke,
Michael, Zechariah, Heaven and Remi Schmitt; Jennifer,
Emily and Trent Decota; and Abby Brocato Kent; and one
brother Jim Moss and wife Ellen.
He was preceded in death by two sons, Dana Behring and
John Lewis Brooke; father and mother, Russell and
Virginia Brooke; twin brother Rusty Brooke; and his
father-in-law and mother-in-law, Lewis and Ruby Alford.
Special acknowledgement to his lifelong friends, Dennis
Brown, Jimmy Sanders, Daniel Hayden and Michael
Parrish.