Mrs. Hattie Hooks

Mother Hattie Gertrude Windley-Hooks was born in Washington, NC on August 18, 1919 to the late Reverend Marcellus and the late Rosella “Miss Show” Windley. She departed this life on Saturday, June 3, 2017. At a young age, she met and married Henry Hooks. To this union twelve children were born. During the early part of their marriage, they joined Sycamore Chapel Baptist Church where Reverend Hoyt Hammond was their pastor and later on Reverend Stephen Jones. Hattie sang in the choir and also served on the Mother Board. They later moved to Ayden, North Carolina and moved their membership to Mt. Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church where she served on the Mother Board. Mother Hooks received her education at Mother Mercy School in Washington, NC. After rearing her children and making sure they had a good education, she went back to school and obtained a High School Equivalency Diploma. Mother Hooks had many hobbies, two of which were known throughout the community and county. She was known for her baked cakes, rolls, and breads, for which she mostly gave away. She loved giving, working in her yard, and having a very pretty yard. People used to love to ride by and admire her beautiful flowers, “Used to, past tense”. If she were able, her yard would still be beautiful; that was a trait that was not passed on. Not only did she want her yard to be beautiful, she would help others beautify their yards with flowers. Recently, her health began to decline and she moved in with her son, James Marshall and his wife Amada Hooks, in New Bern. Mother Hooks returned to her first church Evergreen United Holiness Church in Washington, NC where she received her salvation. Her daughter-in-law and caregiver, Amada, would read Psalms to her during these past weeks (she loved the word of God). Her main desire was to be kept, saved, and to show family that God’s promises are so and she believed the word of God. Mother Hooks was the sixth of nine siblings. Five brothers preceded her in death, Hezekiah “Buster”, Samuel “Duke”, Leroy, Clinton, and Thomas Windley; two sisters Ada Blount and Marsha Windley. Mother Hooks’ husband of sixty-two years preceded her in death along with three sons, Robert Lee, Wilmer Henry and John Alton; two daughters, Ellenor Fay and Anna Maddox. Mother Hooks leaves to cherish her memories, three sons; James Hooks (Amada) of New Bern, NC; Alvin Hooks of Greenville, NC; Larry Hooks of Brooklyn, NY; four daughters; Marion Harper of Camden, SC; Valeria Hooks-Jones (Isaac) of Brooklyn, NY; Deborah Wightman (George) of Greenville, NC; Brenda Dixon (Johnny) of Walstonburg, NC; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren; great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Carrie Wilson of Fredericksburg, VA; extended family (children); Carrie Barnes, Virginia Jones both of Greenville, NC; Shirley Brown, Steve Tripp (Mayor of Ayden); Ned Craft (BJ), Robert McCurry, Horace Tripp, and J.W. Stancil all of Ayden, NC; best friends, Ann Barnes of Greenville NC, and Virginia Rowe of Ayden, NC; Gary Grogan (Sandra) of Granite Falls, NC, Ella Hardy, Eloise Council, Mary Libud. If your name was omitted, please forgive.

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Mrs. Hattie Hooks

August 18, 1919 - June 3, 2017