William Brooks Hooper

SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 201311:00 A. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION: MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 20135:00 - 7:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  BETHSAIDA CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  DR. WAYNE HILLMr. Hooper, 94, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko. He was born and reared in Philadelphia, MS. He was a former member of the Associated Locksmiths of America. Mr. Hooper was a member of Beacon Street Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force and served during World War II.  He was a member of Disabled American Veterans.   Survivors include his wife, Johnnie Ruth Ballinger Hooper of Philadelphia; daughter, Vickie “Jerry” King of Alamogordo, NM; grandchildren, Leanne, Billy, Nikki, Scott and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen and his wife, Edna Earl; sisters, Maurine Bates and Sue Gibbs; brothers, Charles Hooper and Clarence Hooper.Pallbearers were Randy Hooper, Daniel Hooper, Brooks Hooper, Thad Hooper, Bentley Hooper and Kevin Smith.