Myrna "Jody

Miller" Brooks

Myrna Joy (Miller) Brooks, known to many as Jody Miller, 80, went to be with her Lord and Savior, on October 6, 2022.  The daughter of Johnny Bell Miller and Fay (Harper) Blackwell, Jody was born on November 29, 1941, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Myrna moved to Blanchard from Oakland, California when she was eight years old. She made Blanchard her home since moving here to live with her grandma.   Myrna was a 1959 graduate of Blanchard High School.  After graduation, she worked at Oklahoma Capital and sung at a Norman coffeehouse.  She married her high school sweetheart, Monty Troy Brooks on January 2, 1962, and they were married fifty-two years until his death in 2014.

They went to California about six months after marrying to begin Myrna's singing career.  On her husband's advice, she contacted actor Dale Robertson, a fellow Okie with ties to Brooks' family, and he helped get her an audition with Capitol Records.

With the new stage name of Jody Miller, she was touring Hawaii with the Beach Boys, playing TV shows alongside the Rolling Stones, and had accompanying her Glen Campbell and fellow Okie Leon Russell working on her records.

In 1965, Capitol Records had Jody cut "Queen of the House," an answer song to fellow Okie Roger Miller's smash "King of the Road."  Her daughter, Robin was also born in May of that year.

At the 1966 Grammys, where she was also nominated for Best New Artist, Jerry Lewis presented her with best country vocal performance for "Queen of the House."

Jody continued in the music business for the next 55 years.  In 1993, she submitted her life to Christ and recorded her first gospel album, establishing yet another phase of her career, this time as a Christian artist.  She later established a band called Three Generations with her daughter, Robin Brooks, and grandchildren, Montana Sullivan and Layla Sullivan.  The group released the single "Where My Picture Hangs on the Wall." The song is about Blanchard, wher they all make their home there.

In 2016, Gov. Mary Fallin declared July 29 Jody Miller Day, a date the singer marked for several years with a performance at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, where she has been a member for 50 years.

Jody is preceded in death by her parents; husband of 52 years, Monty Troy Brooks; and sisters, Barbara Thompson, Shirley Hann, and Patsy Hall.

She is survived by her loving daughter, Robin Jennette Brooks and husband Shawn Sullivan; grandson, Montana James Sullivan; granddaughter, Layla Joy Sullivan; sisters, Carol Cooper and Vivian Cole; and a host of other loving family members and friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Jody's name either to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church or to the Blanchard High School Band and Music Programs.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Blanchard, Oklahoma.  Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home, Blanchard, Oklahoma.  Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com .