Toya Aurealia Hawkes was born in Philadelphia, Pa to the late Mr. John Sherman Hawkes Sr. and Mrs. Edith Mae Hawkes on January 28th, 1960. She was the youngest of five children of John and Edith Hawkes.
Toya was preceded in death by her parents John and Edith Hawkes two brothers Daniel Author Hawkes and John Hawkes Jr.
Toya leaves to mourn Her Husband, Dean Brooks Sr.; Her Son Dean Phillip Brooks Jr. of Philadelphia; Her Brother, Rudolph Hawkes Sr. of New York; Her Sisters, Melody Joy Williams of Delaware, Tanya Burton of Philadelphia and Delores Hawkes of Atlanta; One Half Brother, Sherman Hawkes of Marlton; A Special Niece Rhandi Burton (Yon); a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.