I am not related and do not have the obit on Francis Hooper, but I have found that he was son of Francis Marion Hooper b 1894 LA and Lola Eugene Adams b 1912 TX. They are on the 1930 Jefferson Co TX census with 3 children: JB b 1924 TX, Bob 1926 TX and Lola 1928 TX. TX Birth index gives: Francis Marion Hooper Jr b Sep 29 1926 Jefferson Co to Lola Adams and Francis Marion Hooper Lola Eugene Hooper b Sep 3 1929 Jefferson Co to Lola Eugene Adams and Francis Marion Hooper and Pamalea Patrick Scully b Oct 1 1934 Jefferson Co to Lola Eugene Adams and Frances Aloysius Scully No birth records before 1926, so older bro is not listed. Lola Hooper married Fred Morris King and had children in Bell Co. North Belton Cem Bell Co Pamelea Scully Teel Oct 1 1934-Jan 17 1978 Francis Marion Hooper 1926-1977 USN WWll JB Hooper Nov 13 1924-Dec 23 1947 TX death records give death for Francis Marion Hooper as Mar 28 1977 in Jefferson Co TX. There is a Francis Marion Hooper that was married to Bettye McClellan and had a child in Fannin Co. WWl draft card June 8 1917 in Shelby Co: Francis Marone Hooper b Dec 24 1893 Teneha Shelby Co TX; doing public work for Cook T Richardson Co; single living with mother and sister; medium height, stout build, brown hair, black eyes ----- Original Message ----- From: <Butch9436@aol.com> To: <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [TXBELL] Obituary Lookup > In a message dated 7/31/2006 8:42:26 PM Central Standard Time, > franceswilless@sbcglobal.net writes: > I didn't know him, but went to school with his younger sister. > Oooooops!!! I forgot to say, Francis ... that his brother's obit (in > Dec > of 1947) ... says he had 2 sisters surviving ... but did not name them. > That > is how I found out that Bobby's whole and legal name was Francis Marion > Hooper, Jr. > Again, merci. DIEU TE BENISSE!!! GOD BLESS!!! Macile > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > The Bell County Genealogy And History Page Is At: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell >