Mary Louise Seawright Hooker, 94, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She was born August 3, 1926 in Memphis Tennessee to David D. and Zeda Seawright.
Mary Louise graduated from Memphis Technical High School where she served as a class leader and enjoyed being a cheer leader for three years. Mary Louise attended Memphis State University, but left college to marry her high school sweetheart, Clyde Hooker, in 1945. For twenty-four years she was a housewife and mother, then enjoyed a twenty year career as an interior designer with Sears, Roebuck and Company. Mary Louise was a devout Christian and served many years as a Sunday School teacher in Baptist churches in Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas. She was a founding member of Austin Baptist Church in Austin, Texas. She was an avid gardener and enjoyed traveling with her husband of seventy-four years.
Mary Louise is preceded in death by her husband, Clyde; two sons, James David and John Mark Hooker; parents; sister and brother.
Survivors: daughter, Amelia Lane Boykin (John); daughter-in-law, Deanne Hooker (Mark) along with ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
A family graveside service will be scheduled for later this year in Memphis, Tennessee. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to the Missions Program at Austin Baptist Church (austinbaptistchurch.com) in Austin, Texas.
www.arkansascremation.com
Mary Louise graduated from Memphis Technical High School where she served as a class leader and enjoyed being a cheer leader for three years. Mary Louise attended Memphis State University, but left college to marry her high school sweetheart, Clyde Hooker, in 1945. For twenty-four years she was a housewife and mother, then enjoyed a twenty year career as an interior designer with Sears, Roebuck and Company. Mary Louise was a devout Christian and served many years as a Sunday School teacher in Baptist churches in Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas. She was a founding member of Austin Baptist Church in Austin, Texas. She was an avid gardener and enjoyed traveling with her husband of seventy-four years.
Mary Louise is preceded in death by her husband, Clyde; two sons, James David and John Mark Hooker; parents; sister and brother.
Survivors: daughter, Amelia Lane Boykin (John); daughter-in-law, Deanne Hooker (Mark) along with ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
A family graveside service will be scheduled for later this year in Memphis, Tennessee. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to the Missions Program at Austin Baptist Church (austinbaptistchurch.com) in Austin, Texas.
www.arkansascremation.com
Mary Louise Seawright Hooker, 94, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She was born August 3, 1926 in Memphis Tennessee to David D. and Zeda Seawright.
Mary Louise graduated from Memphis Technical High School where she served as a class leader and enjoyed being a cheer leader for three years. Mary Louise attended Memphis State University, but left college to marry her high school sweetheart, Clyde Hooker, in 1945. For twenty-four years she was a housewife and mother, then enjoyed a twenty year career as an interior designer with Sears, Roebuck and Company. Mary Louise was a devout Christian and served many years as a Sunday School teacher in Baptist churches in Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas. She was a founding member of Austin Baptist Church in Austin, Texas. She was an avid gardener and enjoyed traveling with her husband of seventy-four years.
Mary Louise is preceded in death by her husband, Clyde; two sons, James David and John Mark Hooker; parents; sister and brother.
Survivors: daughter, Amelia Lane Boykin (John); daughter-in-law, Deanne Hooker (Mark) along with ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
A family graveside service will be scheduled for later this year in Memphis, Tennessee. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to the Missions Program at Austin Baptist Church (austinbaptistchurch.com) in Austin, Texas.
www.arkansascremation.com
Mary Louise graduated from Memphis Technical High School where she served as a class leader and enjoyed being a cheer leader for three years. Mary Louise attended Memphis State University, but left college to marry her high school sweetheart, Clyde Hooker, in 1945. For twenty-four years she was a housewife and mother, then enjoyed a twenty year career as an interior designer with Sears, Roebuck and Company. Mary Louise was a devout Christian and served many years as a Sunday School teacher in Baptist churches in Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas. She was a founding member of Austin Baptist Church in Austin, Texas. She was an avid gardener and enjoyed traveling with her husband of seventy-four years.
Mary Louise is preceded in death by her husband, Clyde; two sons, James David and John Mark Hooker; parents; sister and brother.
Survivors: daughter, Amelia Lane Boykin (John); daughter-in-law, Deanne Hooker (Mark) along with ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
A family graveside service will be scheduled for later this year in Memphis, Tennessee. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to the Missions Program at Austin Baptist Church (austinbaptistchurch.com) in Austin, Texas.
www.arkansascremation.com
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