Brooks T. McKissack

Coushatta, LA - A funeral service celebrating the life of Brooks Thomas McKissack, 40, will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at Kilpatrick's Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Coushatta with Bro. Collin Wimberly officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Zion Cemetery near Hall Summit, LA. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM, Monday, June 15, 2020 at the funeral home. Brooks was born on April 9, 1980 in Natchitoches, LA to James Thomas McKissack and Nancy Courtney Bounds and passed away June 12, 2020 in Coushatta, LA. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing, taxidermy, and baseball. He was a master brick mason, and a great cook. He loved the Lord, and was a hands-on dad who cherished his three daughters. Brooks was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Clint and Dorothy Courtney; paternal grandfather, Thomas Riley McKissack; paternal great-grandmother, Maudis Ferguson; and aunts, Kathleen Courtney and Paula McKissack. Left to cherish his memory are his parents; paternal grandmother, Sara McKissack; daughters, Farrah Elise McKissack, Kaylee Elizabeth McKissack, and River Lyn McKissack; sister, Tara Lynn McKissack and fiancé, Robert Tilley and nephew, Easton Thomas; fiancé, Lori Roberta Desadier; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. Honoring Brooks as pallbearers will be Josh Bounds, Steven Bounds, Justin Dunn, Tim Kennedy, Rob Tilley, and Lance Webb. Honorary pallbearers will be Eric Courtney and Brent Courtney.