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Thomas Leon Hooper, 80, of
Waynesville, died Sunday,
Nov. 9, 2003, at his home.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, in the chapel of Garrett Funerals and Cremations. The Rev. Charles Dean officiated. Burial was in Cullowhee Baptist Church Cemetery. Son of the late Thomas Reuben and Dolly Gosnell Hooper, he was born on Aug. 24, 1923, in Barberton, Ohio. He retired from the Naval Reserve in 1983 after serving in World War II with the Fleet Airwing 7 Antisub and Antiship Operation in Dunkeswell, England. He was an area manager for Suburban Propane for 38 years. He was instrumental in forming the Haywood County Rescue Squad, where he was a captain for 18 years and a member from 1957 to 1977. He was also a member of Long's Chapel United Methodist Church. He was proceeded in death by one brother, Otto Hooper. Surviving are his wife, Gracie D. Pipkin Hooper of Waynesville; one son, Geoffrey K. Hooper of Stony Point; one stepdaughter, Dianna D. Crumpler of Portsmouth, Va.; one stepson, Timothy W. Davenport of Suffolk, Va.; four sisters, Mamie Raby of Franklin, Velma Plemmons and Lois Ensley, both of Sylva, and Naomi Green of Anchorage, Alaska; one granddaughter; one great-granddaughter; and three step grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Haywood County Hospice, 52 LeRoy George Dr., Clyde, N.C., 28721 An online guest registry may be signed at www.legacy.com. |