ALMA HOOKER

CHAFFEE -- Alma Hooker, 94, of Murray, Ky., and formerly of Chaffee, died Sunday June 29, 1997, at West View Nursing Home in Murray.

She was born July 29, 1902, in Zalma, the daughter of Frank and Louise Kirkpatrick Ray. On Dec. 8, 1918, she married Charles R. Hooker in Wardell. He preceded her in death on Sept. 4, 1967.

She was a housewife.

She belonged to the Church of God of Chaffee.

Survivors include two sons, the Rev. Eugene Hooker of Pekin, Ill., and Lyndell Hooker of Du Quoin, Ill.; a daughter, Ilene Tripp of Murray, Ky.; six grandchildren, two foster grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and four great-foster-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, a daughter and a brother.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Eugene Hooker officiating. Burial will be in Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee.