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Henry Oliver "Doc" Hooper
16 Jul 1891 – 4 Dec 1927
| Birth | 16 Jul 1891 |
| Death | 4 Dec 1927 |
| Cemetery | Liberty Cemetery Bradford , Anderson County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | James A Gamblin on 12 Mar 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23458277 |
Bio
Athens Weekly Review Thursday, December 8, 1927 Dock Hooper Dies From Pistol Shot Doc Hooper, age 36, a truck driver, was fatally shot at 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the entrance of the wagon yard on West Corsicana street. The shot was fired by W. H. (Doc) Barton, who surrendered to the sheriff a few minutes after the tragedy. Hooper walked to the store of Charley Poole, a few steps east of the wagon yard where he dropped to the floor. He was carried to a physician's office where he expired shortly afterward. A .38 pistol was used and the bullet pierced the heart. Following the shooting Barton went first to the jail to give himself up. Finding no one there he went to Sheriff Morrow's office where he surrendered to the sheriff's son, who took him to jail. Justice of the Peace Jeff Davis disarmed Barton while he was at the court house. Two empty cartridges were found in the gun. Barton admitted shooting twice but one of the shots went wild. There seems to have been no eyewitnesses to the tragedy, and several versions of what caused the shooting have been given. The aged man, when seen in jail this morning stated that he was provoked into the shooting. He gave his name as William Henry Barton and said he was a faith doctor. He is 68 years of age. "I can't help being a faith doctor and you can't take it from me," he said to a reporter. Tears came into the old man's eyes and he choked up when telling of the tragedy. Barton has been a resident of Athens for the past two years, coming here from Corsicana. He has never been married and has no relatives save two half-brothers in Oklahoma whom he has not seen in a number of years. During his stay here he has lived at the wagon yard practically all the time. Hooper is survived by his wife and three children, the eldest, a daughter of twelve. He will be buried at Liberty, in Anderson county, this afternoon.
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Siblings
- Mattie Ella Hooper Waller 1879–1925
- Hattie Maud Hooper O'Dell 1880–1938
- George Walter Hooper 1882–1952
- Tina "Tiny" Hooper Magee 1885–1943
- Amanda Jane "Mandy" Hooper O'Dell 1886–1969
- John Richard Hooper 1888–1950
- Matt T. Hooper 1895–1962
- Ewart Ledger "Sam" Hooper 1897–1956
- Versie Hooper Rogers 1900–1982
Children
- Eunice Berleen Hooper Hutchison 1914–1998 FaG
- Willie Perry Hooper 1915–1998 FaG
- Hugh Hooper 1920–2011 FaG
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