Background
Brooks, Shirley was born on December 27, 1941 in Santa Fe. Daughter of James Tyra and Georgia Lee Reece.
Brooks, Shirley was born on December 27, 1941 in Santa Fe. Daughter of James Tyra and Georgia Lee Reece.
Student, Mississippi State University, 1964.
Operating room technical St. Margaret's Hospital, Montgomery, Alabama, 1964-1969, Santa Rosa Medical Center, San Antonio, 1976-1986. Hotel manager Reece Guest House, Des Moines, 1986-1990. Mayor Village of Des Moines, since 1993.
Board directors Eastern Plains Council of Governments, Clovis, New Mexico, since 1993, New Mexico State Highway Northeast Regional Planning District 4, Las Vegas, New Mexico, since 1993. Member New Mexico Municipal League, Santa Fe, since 1993, New Mexico Rural Water Association, Albuquerque, since 1993. Member Citizens Steering Committee to Protect the United States Flag, Santa Fe, 1999.
Member council committee on congregational Christian witness Santa Fe Presbytery, since 1997, Evangelism and Church Development, 1991-1999. Volunteer Des Moines fire department. Representative Lutheran Office Governmental Ministry, Santa Fe Presbytery, since 1999.
Married Joseph Gaius Brooks, October 3, 1969 (divorced July 1976). Children: Steven Royal, Anne Meredith.