Before Politics
Brooks was born in Baton Rouge to Claude M. Brooks and the former Penelope Overton. He graduated from public schools. Brooks served overseas during World War I as an enlisted man in the Sixth Field Artillery, First Division, Regular Army, 1918-1919.
After the war, he obtained a law degree in 1923 from Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge. He was then admitted to the bar and began his practice in Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish.
On June 1, 1932, Brooks married the former Mollie Meriwether of Shreveport, a daughter of Minor Meriwether and the former Anne Finley McNutt. They had one child, Laura Anne.
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