Troyal Raymond Brooks and Colleen Carroll were the parents of Garth Brooks.
Garth’s father Troyal Raymond Brooks was a draftsman for an oil company.
Troyal Raymond Brooks was born on January 10, 1931 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Velma Glee Dickens and Troyal Raymond Brooks, Sr. He had two siblings, Marcellette Brooks (born 1928), and Glenda Sue Brooks (born 1940).
On January 27, 1957, Troyal married Colleen Carroll McElroy Brooks in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This was the second marriage for both of them.
Colleen Carroll McElroy Brooks was a singer and recorded under the name of Colleen Carroll.
She was born on July 10, 1929 in Missouri, USA to William Andrew McElroy and Nell Elizabeth (Hedges) McElroy.
Colleen Carroll recorded on the Capitol Records label and appeared on Red Foley’s Ozark Jubilee.
Raymond and his wife Colleen were known for having a weekly “Country Music & Performance Night” in their home in Yukon, Oklahoma when their children were growing-up.
Raymond and Colleen Brooks had two children; Kelly Brooks and Garth Brooks.
Colleen had 3 older children from her first marriage, Jerome, James, and Betsy, while Raymond had one son, Michael Brooks from his previous marriage.
Colleen died of throat cancer on August 6, 1999, at the age of 70 and her husband Troyal Raymond Brooks died on March 6, 2010, at age 79 in Edmond, Oklahoma, USA.
They were both buried at Yukon Cemetery in Yukon, Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States.