Date of birth: 12 Dec 1915
Date of death: 14 Feb 1999

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Burial Information

Section 09 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0332-17
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Obituary 

Mary Elizabeth Hooker

Mary Yates Hooker, 83, died Sunday, February 14, 1999 at the Methodist Healthcare Middle Mississippi Campus in Lexington. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16 at the First United Methodist Church with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Rev. Robert T. Welch,Jr. officiated.

Mrs. Hooker, a native of Shelby, was the daughter of the late Thomas E. Yates and Julia Hilliard Yates. She received her education at the Shelby public school and attended Delta State University and the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. She married Edwin Wilburn Hooker in 1935 and the couple made their home in Lexington. Mr. Hooker died in 1989 and Mrs. Hooker continued to live in Lexington the remainder of her life.

Mrs. Hooker was a dedicated member of First United Methodist Church of Lexington where for many years she was a Sunday School teacher and choir member. Although she was not well for quite a while, she never gave the appearance of being ill. “Honey” as she was known to her family and closest friends, was an avid bridge player, a very outgoing, glamorous person and an altogether charming lady.

Mrs. Hooker is survived by three sons, Ed Wilburn Hooker and Otho H. “Bootsy” Hooker of Lexington, and Wyche Hooker of Cruger; two brothers, Jack B. Yates of Lexington, and Gene Yates of Jackson; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers were Max Yates, Tommy Yates, Bill Yates, Gene Yates, Ken Ellis, and Harold Hammett.

Memorials may be made to Hammett Youth Fund, First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 157, Lexington, MS 39095, or the Eric Wade Fund, First Baptist Church, P. O. Box 99, Cruger, MS 38924.

SOURCE: The Holmes County Herald (Lexington, MS), February 18, 1999

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Marker Inscription 

Wife of E. W. Hooker

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Burial: 16 Feb 1999

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Family Members

Parents
Thomas Elijah Yates
Julia Hilliard Yates

Siblings
Thomas Elijah Yates, Jr.
1913 - 1965

William Hilliard “Jabo” Yates
1917-1993

Julia Yates

Jack Brooks Yates
1928-2023

Gene Allen Yates
1930 - Living

Spouse
Edwin Wilburn Hooker, Sr.
1913-1989

Children
Ed Wilburn Hooker, Jr.
Living

Otho H. “Bootsy” Hooker
Living

Wyche Hooker
Living

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Nickname was "Honey"

Birth: 12 Dec 1915 - Shelby, Bolivar Co., MS
Death: 14 Feb 1999 - Lexington, Holmes Co., MS

Marriage: 1935
Burial: 16 Feb 1999 Sec 09 - Lot 0332 - Plot 17

Obituary
Mary Elizabeth Hooker
Mary Yates Hooker, 83, died Sunday, February 14, 1999 at the Methodist Healthcare Middle Mississippi Campus in Lexington. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16 at the First United Methodist Church with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Rev. Robert T. Welch,Jr. officiated.

Mrs. Hooker, a native of Shelby, was the daughter of the late Thomas E. Yates and Julia Hilliard Yates. She received her education at the Shelby public school and attended Delta State University and the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. She married Edwin Wilburn Hooker in 1935 and the couple made their home in Lexington. Mr. Hooker died in 1989 and Mrs. Hooker continued to live in Lexington the remainder of her life.

Mrs. Hooker was a dedicated member of First United Methodist Church of Lexington where for many years she was a Sunday School teacher and choir member. Although she was not well for quite a while, she never gave the appearance of being ill. “Honey”as she was known to her family and closest friends, was an avid bridge player, a very outgoing, glamorous person and an altogether charming lady.

Mrs. Hooker is survived by three sons, Ed Wilburn Hooker and Otho H. “Bootsy” Hooker of Lexington, and Wyche Hooker of Cruger; two brothers, Jack B. Yates of Lexington, and Gene Yates of Jackson; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers were Max Yates, Tommy Yates, Bill Yates, Gene Yates, Ken Ellis, and Harold Hammett.

Memorials may be made to Hammett Youth Fund, First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 157, Lexington, MS 39095, or the Eric Wade Fund, First Baptist Church, P. O. Box 99, Cruger, MS 38924.

The Holmes County Herald
Lexington, MS
February 18, 1999

Marker Inscription
Wife of E. W. Hooker

Family Relations of Mary Elizabeth Yates Hooker

Spouse:
Edwin Wilburn Hooker, Sr.

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