Ronald Steven Brooks

Brooks, Ronald (“Ronnie”) Steven, known to his friends as “Cowboy”. Born December 14, 1943 in Orlando, Florida to Hermon Willis Brooks and Patricia Watts Brooks. He went home to be with the Lord at his home in Chuluota, FL. on May 19, 2016. He was 72. He is survived by his daughters, Amy Brooks Dykes (Buddy) Deland, FL. and Melissa “Missy” Brooks Tulp (Louis) Chuluota, FL.; grandchildren, Priscilla Smith, Clay Morris, Jenna Tulp and Brooks Tulp; three great-grandchildren, Brayden, Cash and Eli Smith; one sister Francine Nettles; two brothers, Shane Brooks (Kim) and Hoho Brooks (Debbie) and two step-sisters, Cathy O’Hare and Vicky Jude. Ron Lived in Osteen as a small child where his mother and father had built Lemon Bluff fishing camp. Accompanied by his mother, he would ride to school on horseback. Later his family moved to Orlando where Ron helped work in his family’s orange grove. He graduated from Maynard Evans High School in 1962 and served in the US Army Special Forces, 101st Airborne Rangers “Screaming Eagles”. He then moved to Louisiana to train racehorses before coming back home to Central Florida to work in construction. He ultimately retired from Seminole County School Board. Ron’s true passions were his family and his relationship with the Lord. Throughout his Life, he continued to enjoy training horses, feeding his cows, hunting and raising his Walker Hounds. The most important day of his life was September 15, 1972, when he was saved and followed in believer’s baptism. HE was a member of First Baptist Church of Osteen for 40 years and was a faithful follower and witness, sharing his faith with anyone who would listen. HE would want everyone to know the love of Jesus Christ and that he was saved by the Lord’s amazing grace. He wanted to be remembered as being faithful, loving his family, loving his church, and that he was a man of one wife. Funeral services will be conducted at the First Baptist Church of Osteen on Friday, May 27, 2016 at 11:00 AM with a graveside immediately following at the Osteen Cemetery. Arrangements under the direction of Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home, OVIEDO, FL.