The McDougald Funeral Home 2211 N. Main Street Anderson, SC 29621 864-224-4343OBITUARYWITH PHOTO VANESSA NICOLE BROOKS-CRUZ April 17, 1981 - April 4, 2007ANDERSON, SCVanessa Nicole Brooks-Cruz, age 25 of Wexford Drive, Anderson, SC, wife of Omar Ramirez-Cruz, died Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at her residence.Born in Anderson, SC on April 17, 1981, Mrs. Cruz was a daughter of Pamela Stones Crowe and the late John Kenneth Brooks. She was a 1999 graduate of Westside High School and attended Tri-County Technical College. She was employed with the AnMed Health Urgent Care. She attended the First Perpetual Baptist Church.She is survived by her husband, Omar Ramirez-Cruz of the home; mother, Pamela Stones Crowe and step-father Rev. Julien Crowe of Anderson; sister, Kendall Brooks-Moore of Anderson, SC; step-sister, Kimberly C. Gilreath of Antreville, SC; step-brother, Jeremy K. Crowe of Anderson, SC; maternal grandmother, Frances Stones-Cordery and her husband, Raymond Cordery of Anderson, SC; father and mother-in-law, Hipolito Ramirez-Cruz and Maximina Cruz-Ramirez of Mexico and brother-in-law, Hever Ramirez-Cruz of Anderson, SC. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her grandparents, Jeannette Brooks, J. D. Brooks and John Robert Stones.The Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home officiated by the Reverends Julien Crowe, Randy Phillips and Victor Martinez. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Anderson, SC.The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, April 6, 2007 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.The family will be at the home of her mother, 307 Westwood Drive, Anderson, SC.Flowers are optional. Memorials may be made to the SC Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 105, Columbia, SC 29204A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.comTHE MC DOUGALD FUNERAL HOME is in charge of arrangements.