William Thomas Hooker, 77, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Thursday, December 2,2021.
Mr. Hooker was born in Columbia, SC on September 9, 1944. He was a son of the late Thomas William Hooker and Annie Mae Neil Hooker. He was a former pressman with The State Newspaper and retired a manager of Turner’s Bait and Tackle Shop. He was an avid fisherman. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He loved his grandchildren and great-grandchildren dearly and had fun joking with them. He was of the Baptist faith.
A private funeral service will be held at a later date.
Survivors include his loving wife, Bessie I. Hooker; sons, Charles K. Turner and Gordon M. Turner; daughter, Tammie Darlene Hiers; brother, Harry Joe (Rhonda) Hooker and sister, Betty Jo Stanton; 7 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchldren.
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