Col. Richard D. Hooker, Jr.

Notes:

As of 2010, Col. Hooker was serving in the Communications Action Group in Afghanistan. Graduated USMA 1981. Retired as Colonel of Infantry, US Army 2010 (Grenada, Somalia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan).

Richard married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living
3. Living

Notes:

Richard Hooker, Jr. wrote, in 2010, that his father was now " a retired Infantry Colonel living in Preston, MD on the Chesapeake. He is also a Mississippi native and is descended from Samuel B. Hooker, one of six brothers who came west from NC in the late 1700s and ended up in northern Mississippi. We are often asked, but we are not related to General Joe Hooker of Civil war fame."

Obituary below was copied from his FindAGrave memorial page, created by David McInturff.

Colonel RICHARD D. HOOKER, SR. (Ret.) Colonel Richard "Dick" Hooker, Sr. passed away on October 24, 2014 at his home in Preston, MD at the age of 80. A native of Pass Christian, Mississippi, Colonel Hooker graduated with Distinguished Honors and an active duty commission from the ROTC program at the University of Mississippi, where he also served as president of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and editor of the university newspaper.

Colonel Hooker initially served with the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, and then with the 8th Division Airborne Brigade in Mainz, Germany. Following the advanced infantry officer course and one year of Vietnamese language training, he began the first of three tours in Vietnam as an advisor to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment, 5th Army of the Republic of Vietnam Division, followed by assignment as aide-de-camp to General William Westmoreland, Commander U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam. He then served as an instructor at the Armor School, Fort Knox, before attending Command and General Staff College and then returning to the Republic of Vietnam to serve as G3 Plans Officer, HQ IIFV, Nha Trang, and subsequently assuming command of the 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry (M), then attached to TF South, Phan Thiet.

Following five years in the Pentagon with the Army Staff and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colonel Hooker was assigned to the U.S. Military Mission to Iran. This tour of duty was followed by assignments as Army attach? to the Philippines, Deputy Chief of the U.S. Military Training Mission in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and immediately thereafter as Chief, Office of Military Cooperation, Beirut, Lebanon and Senior U.S. Defense Representative to Lebanon.

Colonel Hooker completed his military career in Washington, DC as Special Assistant to the Defense Intelligence Officer for Asia, Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon. He retired from active duty in 1987 after 31 years of service. His awards and decorations included three awards of the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, eight air medals, various meritorious and commendation medals, and the Lebanese Order of the Cedars, Degree of Commander, Vietnamese Medal of Honor, and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He had also been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, Master Parachute Badge, Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge, Saudi Arabian Parachute Badge and Philippine Army Parachute Badge. Following his retirement, Colonel Hooker was a consultant, editor and writer, and lived on the Choptank River on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie McLemore Hooker, and is survived by three children: Dorothy Hooker Pearce of Newport News, VA, Colonel Richard D. Hooker Jr. of McLean, VA, and MaryAnne Martin of Smithfield, VA; seven grandchildren: Megan Duncan, Evelyn Pearce, Christoper Hooker, Richard David Hooker III, Rachel Dees, Price Martin, and Victoria Martin; and a great-granddaughter, Cadence Duncan.

Interment with full military honors will follow at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, Maryland 21601.Interment with full military honors will follow at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery.

Published in The Washington Post on Nov. 2, 2014

Richard married Bonnie Ormond McLemore. Bonnie (daughter of Baskerville "Baskell" Young McLemore and Edna C. Ormond) was born on 6 Dec 1935 in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi; died on 6 Aug 2003; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A Baskerville McLemore was listed as an Omicron Deuteron Brother, Phi Sigma Kappa, Class of '30. He also was listed as a member of the class of 1931 at the University of Alabama, from Greenwood, Mississippi, majoring in Electrical Engineering.

New York Times (23 August 1941, p. 13)

"Vice-President of the Elm City Rubber company (dateline New Haven, CT) died of a heart attack in his office...Former University of Kentucky football player, later moved to the University of Alabama where he graduated."

1940 City Directory, New Haven, CT: B. Y. (Edna O.) Vice-President,
Elm City Rubber Co., 73 Wallace Street, home: 39 Mather Street.

(Courtesy of Rev. William P. McLemore)

(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Arkansas, Craighead County, Jonesboro
Enumerated April 3, 1940
SD 9 ED 16-22 Sheert 2B
W. Mathews St
927-43-R-35
McLemore, Vaskerville Head M W 33 M No College/ 4 Year Miss Res 1935 New Haven, CT Salesman, Machinery
McLemore, Edna Wf F W 32 M No College/4 Year Miss Res 1935 New Haven CT
McLemore, Bonnie F W 4 Miss SIngle

Baskerville married Edna C. Ormond on 5 Aug 1933 in Manhattan, New York County, New York. Edna was born about 1908 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rev. William McLemore copied the following obituary from Santa (3-199):

"Death of Price P. McLemore native and member of one of Williamson Co.'s oldest families occurred Apr 27 1941] at his home in Greenwood MS. He was born in Williamson Co, son of Capt. Price and Mrs. Etta Cunningham McLemore. He was educated in Franklin schools and at Battle Ground Academy. He went to LeFlore County, Mississippi in 1898 and became one of the leading planters. He retired several years ago and moved to Greenwood. he married Miss Mary Anthony Young of Columbus, MD who died several years ago. His two sisters, Mrs. Smith S. House and Miss Birdine McLemore died a few years ago. Surviving are two sons: Price P. Jr., levy construction engineer of Elaine, Ark., and Basckervill McLemore of New Haven, Conn., also two grandchildren."

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Mississippi, Leflore County, Beat One
Enumerated 8 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 50 Sheet 6A Stamped 27
111-113
McLeMore, Price Head W M Aug 1873 26 S Tenn Miss Tenn Planter
Davis, Nancy Servant B F 1874 26 S Miss Miss Miss Cook

1910 Census
Mississippi, Leflore County, Beat 1
Enumerated 23 Apr 1910
SD 3 ED 66 Sheet 5A Stamped 68
84-84
McLemore, C. G. Head M W 56 WEd Miss NC NC Farmer
86-86
McLemore, P. P. Head M W 37 M6 Tenn Miss Tenn Farmer
McLemore, Mary Wf F W 27 M6 2/2 Miss Miss Va
McLemore, Price Son M W 4 S Miss Tenn Miss
McLemore, Baskell Son m W 3 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Etta Lee Mother F W 65 Wd 4/3 Tenn Ga Tenn

Price married Mary Anthony Young on 2 Nov 1904 in Mississippi. Mary was born on 26 Nov 1882 in Mississippi; died on 29 Jul 1938 in Mississippi; was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]