Obituary

Hooper, L.G.

Funeral Services for L.G. Hooper, 86, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Lemons Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Joe P. Weldon, pastor of South Plains Baptist Church, officiating.

Burial will be in Plainview Memorial Park by Lemons Funeral Home.

Mr. Hooper died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004, at his residence.

He was born Jan. 10, 1918, in the Mayfield community, the seventh of eight children of a pioneer Hale County family. Ace and Minnie Harkey Hooper.

A lifetime resident of Hale County, he graduated from Hale Center High School where he played on the basketball team. He graduated from Draughon's Business College in Plainview and worked for a time as a member of the Plainview Fire Department.

He served with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. After his return he became a partner in Mitchell Hardware Co. and owner of Hooper's Sporting Goods and Western Wear.

He was a lifetime horseman, a 50-year member of the Plainview Rodeo Association and a life member of the Appaloosa Horse Club.

He was a member of Parkview Baptist Church.

He and His wife, Dean, were married in 1965. She died Dec. 10, 2003.

Survivors include four sons, Lindsey Hooper of Uvalde, Larry Hooper of Austin, Monty Hooper of Houston and Richard Hooper of McClean, VA.; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Two brothers, Vic and Ace Hooper, and five sisters, Auty Eads, Lena Michell Walls, Essie Lowe, and Nita Luna DeGrassi and Naomi Crowley, are deceased.

Plainview Daily Herald-- Feb. 24, 2004