Eugene Wilson Hooker

Male 1915 - 2008  (93 years)


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  • Name Eugene Wilson Hooker 
    Born 2 May1915  West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Oct 2008  Raleigh Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Social Security Death Index
      Name: Eugene W. Hooker
      Last Residence: 25048 Colcord, Raleigh, West Virginia
      Born: 2 May 1915
      Last Benefit: 25048 Colcord, Raleigh, West Virginia
      Died: 24 Oct 2008
      State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)
    Buried Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley, Raleigh Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • CENSUS RECORDS

      1920 United States Federal Census
      Name: Eugene Hooker
      Age: 5
      Birth Year: abt 1915
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Home in 1920: New Garden, Russell, Virginia
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Son
      Marital Status: Single
      Father's Name: Albert Hooker
      Father's Birthplace: Virginia
      Mother's name: Isabell Hooker
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

      1930 United States Federal Census
      Name: Eugene Hooker
      Gender: Male
      Birth Year: abt 1915
      Birthplace: West Virginia
      Race: White
      Home in 1930: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia
      Marital Status: Single
      Relation to Head of House: Son
      Father's Name: Albert L Hooker
      Father's Birthplace: Virginia
      Mother's name: Isabell Hooker
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

      1940 United States Federal Census
      Name: E Wilson Hooker
      Age: 25
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1915
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Birthplace: West Virginia
      Marital Status: Married
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Home in 1940: Slab Fork, Raleigh, West Virginia
      Street: Mc Alpin
      Farm: No
      Inferred Residence in 1935: Slab Fork, Raleigh, West Virginia
      Residence in 1935: Same Place
      Household Members:
      E Wilson Hooker 25
      Irene D Hooker 22
      E W Hooker 2

      OBITUARY

      The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia
      October 26, 2008

      COLCORD ? Eugene ?Gene? Wilson Hooker, 93, of Colcord, passed away Thursday, Oct. 24, 2008, at home.

      Born on May 2, 1915, at McCalpen, he was the son of the late Albert Hooker and Isabell Hooker Brooks.

      Gene was a member of Colcord Presbyterian Church. He served in the U.S. Army in Japan in the occupational Army after World War II and was honorably discharged in 1946. He was retired from the Pittson Coal Company of Kentucky where he was store manager. He enjoyed hunting and fishing.

      Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Irene Deck Hooker, and a brother, Kyle Hooker.

      Those left to cherish his memory include his wife of 23 years, Lillian Lowe Hooker of Colcord; two sons, Lee Hooker of Florida and Eugene ?Bill? Hooker and Darlene of the state of Washington; a sister, Mae Cross of Florida; a granddaughter, Elizabeth Dunn and husband, Randy, of California; a grandson, Brian Hooker and wife, Marsha, of the state of Washington; a great-grandson, Steven Hooker of the state of Washington; nephew, Wayne Mann and wife, Marilyn, of Florida, and their children, Jeff and Cami; nephew, Mark Hooker and wife, Trish, of Birch River, and their son, Mark; four nieces, Kaline, Pamela, Gail, and Hollie; stepson, Jerry Lowe and wife, Dreama, and stepgranddaughter, Bellamee of Mount Hope; stepgreat-grandson, Michael Lowe and wife, Nancy, and family of Mount Hope; stepdaughter, Nancy Bryant and husband, John Richard, of Mount Hope; stepgranddaughters, Stephanie Phillips and husband, Charles ?Doobie? Phillips, and family of Beaver, Debbie and Daniel Franklin and family of Fayetteville, and Kristie and Mike Fox and family of Oak Hill; and a stepsister, Thelma ?Shay? Pettry and husband, Okey ?Roochie,? and family.

      Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley, with David Pettry C.L.P. officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley. Military rites to be conducted by the Oak Hill VFW Post 3110.

      The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

      Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.

      Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blueridgefuneralhome.com.

      Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley.
    Person ID I17105  Master File
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2012 

    Father Albert Hooker,   b. 07 Jul 1886, Patrick Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1946, Raleigh Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Eliza Isabel CHRISTIAN,   b. 11 Apr 1889, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1987, Melbourne, Brevard Co. FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Married 24 Nov 1909  Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940
      Name: Al Hooker
      Birth Date: 1886
      Birthplace:
      Age: 23
      Spouse's Name: Eliza B. Christian
      Spouse's Birth Date: 1890
      Spouse's Birthplace:
      Spouse's Age: 19
      Event Date: 24 Nov 1909
      Event Place: Tazewell Co., Virginia
      Father's Name:
      Mother's Name: Lula Hooker
      Spouse's Father's Name: M. M.
      Spouse's Mother's Name: M. C.
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01695-5
      System Origin: Virginia-EASy
      GS Film number: 34214
      Reference ID: Page 197 Line 227
    Family ID F8686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Irene Deck 
    Children 
     1. Eugene W. Hooker
     2. Lee Hooker
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2012 
    Family ID F8687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lillian Lowe 
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2012 
    Family ID F8688  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart