Remembering Jack Brooks

Former Texas Congressman, Jack Brooks addresses a crowd of Hillary Clinton supporters at the Southeast Texas Regional Airport in Beaumont, TX Monday, March 3, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley Former Texas Congressman, Jack Brooks addresses a crowd of Hillary Clinton supporters at the Southeast Texas Regional Airport in Beaumont, TX Monday, March 3, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley Photo: TAMMY MCKINLEY Photo: TAMMY MCKINLEY Image 1 of / 84 Caption Close Remembering Jack Brooks 1 / 84 Back to Gallery

Jack Brooks, who spent 42 years in Congress representing his Southeast Texas district and was in the Dallas motorcade in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, has died. He was 89.

Brooks died Tuesday night at Beaumont Baptist Hospital after a sudden illness, according to his son-in-law Rod Carroll.

His funeral is planned for 2 p.m. Sunday in Lamar University's Montagne Center.