EFFIE P. HOOTEN

EAST PRAIRIE -- Effie Pauline Hooten, 76, of East Prairie died Friday, Feb. 14, 1997, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center of an extended illness.

She was born Jan 17, 1921, at Griffithville, Ark., daughter of William and Maude Ramer James. She and Ernest B. Hooten were married Aug. 10, 1947.

Hooten lived most of her life in Mississippi County. She was a member of the First Church of God in East Prairie and was retired from the Brown Shoe Co. in Charleston.

Survivors include her husband; one daughter, Paula Walker of Cape Girardeau; four sisters, Louise Cobb and Christine Gibson, both of Sikeston, Eathel Doolittle of East Prairie and Hilda Gullion of Munroe Falls, Ohio.

She was preceded in death by a sister.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. Funeral services will be Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home chapel. The Bro. Larry Smith will officiate with burial to follow in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery.