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Submitted: 6/30/21 • Approved: 6/30/21 • Last Updated: 7/3/21 • R432434-G432434-S3
Ernest M.
1900-1985
Thelma Mae
1902-1989
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Ernest
Services for Ernest M. Hooper, 85, will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Glen Harrington, will officiate.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Casket Bearers will be Tommy Hooper, Gary Hooper, James Robinson, David Robinson, E.L Ford, E.L. Ford, Jr., Wayne Norman and Wendyl Sanders.
A retired operator at the Phillips Petroleum Company's Rice Plant, he was a native of Copeland, Texas and a Borger resident since 1947.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a member of the Noel Sunday School Class.
He is survived by his wife, Thelma of the home; two sons, Bervin C. Hooper of Kileen and Thomas M. Hooper of Scurry; a daughter, Doris Robinson of Broken Arrow, Okla.; two sisters, Mary Alice Hooper and Ruth Hooper, both of Amarillo; three brothers, Eugene Hooper of New Braunfels, Sims Hooper of Itasca and Jim Hooper of Borger; seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Thursday, September 5, 1985)
*Obituary Thelma
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Thelma Hooper
Death Date: 8 Mar 1989
Death County: Bell
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Thelma Mae Hooper
[Thelma M Hooper]
[Thelma Mae Turner]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 13 May 1902
Birth Place: Itasca, Hill, Texas
Death Date: Mar 1989
Father: Mannie Turner
Mother: Clara L Street
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Relationship of Signature: Not signed (blank, typed or unwitnessed mark).
Notes: 05 Sep 1972: Name listed as THELMA MAE HOOPER; 13 Jun 1989: Name listed as THELMA M HOOPER
Contributed on 6/30/21
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