Colleen Carroll (McElroy) Brooks (1929 - 1999)

Born 10 Jul 1929 in Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Perry Smittle I — married 28 Nov 1946 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Wife of Troyal Raymond Brooks Jr — married 27 Jan 1957 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Died 6 Aug 1999 at age 70 in Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Name: Colleen Carroll McElroy. Given Name: Colleen Carroll. Surname: McElroy.

Born 10 JUL 1929. Missouri, United States. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Died 6 AUG 1999. Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States. ^{[4] [5]}

Buried Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States. ^[6]

Biography ^[7]

Marriage 28 NOV 1946. Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1009 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15754168/colleen-carroll-brooks 16 Name: Page https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15754168/colleen-carroll-brooks
2. ↑ Source: #S618 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=29523261&tid=113011356&pid=240103454849&usePUB=true&_phsrc=RoA321&_phstart=successSource 22 Name: Page https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=29523261&tid=113011356&pid=240103454849&usePUB=true&_phsrc=RoA321&_phstart=successSource
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHFN-TVY : accessed 7 September 2020), Colleen A Mcelroy in household of William A Mcelroy, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 241, sheet 124A, line 18, family 187, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1204; FHL microfilm 2,340,939.
4. ↑ Source: #S1009 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15754168/colleen-carroll-brooks 31 Name: Page https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15754168/colleen-carroll-brooks
5. ↑ Source: #S618 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=29523261&tid=113011356&pid=240103454849&usePUB=true&_phsrc=RoA321&_phstart=successSource 37 Name: Page https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=29523261&tid=113011356&pid=240103454849&usePUB=true&_phsrc=RoA321&_phstart=successSource
6. ↑ Source: #S1009 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15754168/colleen-carroll-brooks 46 Name: Page https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15754168/colleen-carroll-brooks
7. ↑ Source: #S1009 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15754168/colleen-carroll-brooks 54 Name: Page https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15754168/colleen-carroll-brooks Colleen Brooks, was the mother of the famous Country Musician, Garth Brooks. She was the wife of Troyal Raymond Brooks who was a draughtsman for an oil company in his earlier years. They married January 27, 1957. She was the daughter of William Andrew McElroy and Nell Elizabeth (Hedges) McElroy. Raymond and Colleen are the beloved parents of Jerome, James, Garth, Betsy, Kelly and Michael. Colleen died in 1999 of throat cancer. She was a singer and recorded under the name of Colleen Carroll. She appeared on the Ozark Jubilee and recorded for Capitol Records, which Garth records under, also. As Colleen Carroll, she'd been a featured singer on "Red Foley's Ozark Jubilee," the pioneering radio and television show. Her strong, sweet, clear voice captured the attention of the folks at Capitol Records, where she recorded four singles in the mid-1950s. Her talent might have led to fame and fortune, but it was hard to be a female singer back then, and even harder if you were married and had children. Colleen loved music, but she loved family life even more. Her medical situation was a primary reason her son, Garth recorded the single ``It's Your Song, which broke a record by becoming the highest-debuting single in the history of the country hit chart of the Radio & Records trade publication. The song hit number four in its first week on the chart.
8. ↑ Source: #S572 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29M-SWYD Name: Page https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29M-SWYD

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