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Paula, later and most affectionally known as Grandma, loved to be with her grandsons. Grandma spent her life loving, caring for, and giving to others.
Her entire life she remained ambitious, diligent, and dedicated to her child care businesses. There is no way to tell how many thousands of young children she provided care for. Multiple generations of parents sought the comfort and quality of her programs. She was not only a teacher of children, she was an administrator to hundreds of teachers through her 4-plus decades of work.
If you knew her ... then you knew her. She left zero room for doubt about her stand when carrying out professional tasks. Striving for excellence was mandatory with Grandma. The physical and emotional exhaustion that any person experienced while attempting to keep pace was a testament to the fact.
In addition to her passion for her childcare centers, Grandma loved to spend time with her son Jeremy and grandsons Garrett and Steven operating the family ranch. Each day of calving season she could be found patrolling the calving pens from before sunrise until after sunset. She logged countless miles in her side by side glassing through the pens observing and reporting on impending newborns. If it were possible to wear out a pair of binoculars she surely would have. During any field chores that she didn't directly participate in she ensured the boys had a feast waiting as they arrived at the shop.
A legacy of greatness, generosity, ferocity, and ethics will surely live on in her name. Her family will strive to at least fill a corner in the enormous footsteps that she left behind.
Grandma was survived by her son, Jeremy Brooks and wife Jamie, grandsons Garrett and Steven; son Jeff and wife Darla, grandchildren Cole, Wyatt, Mary, Will, Kate, David, Ryan, Hudson, Max, Joy, all of Enid; brothers Bobby and Eddy King; sister Patsy Phee; and numerous beloved nephews, nieces, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Reed.
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