Obituary Report for June 27, 2003
McMinnville resident and Canton, N.C., native Merle Earl Hooper, 56, died June 23 in Show Low, Ariz., after an extended illness.
A credit manager with Volvo International and a member of Pioneer Baptist Church, he served his county in the U.S. Navy.
The son of Zack and Ruby Ethel Rickman Hooper; he is survived by brothers, Bobby Hooper of Altamont and Samuel Hooper of Maggie Valley, N.C.; sisters, Thelma Thomas of North Carolina and Carolyn Hooper of Texas; several nieces and nephews and friends.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pioneer Community Baptist Church with John Thompson officiating. Burial will follow at Hooper Family Cemetery in Grundy County. Visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. today at High’s and 10 a.m. until time of service Saturday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Care America, in care of Beverly Meeks, 1707 Yager Road, McMinnville, Tenn., 37110.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) June 27, 2003