Jerry Dwight Hooper, 79, met our Lord in Heaven on March 14, 2026 in his home surrounded by family. He was born to Millard Jerry Hooper and Gloria Mae Stephenson Hooper on October 15, 1946 in Ranger.
As early as 13, Jerry took his first paying job at The Derrick Cafe in Abilene. He continued as a dishwasher at Old Rip Cafe in Eastland at 14 years of age. Throughout High School he worked at Premium Filling Station in Eastland and upon Graduation from Olden High School in 1965, Jerry entered service in the US Navy as a Seaman on the USS Tulare during the Vietnam Conflict. He was Honorably discharged in 1969. He remained in the National Reserves until 1971.
In July of 1969 He married Joanna Mae Kleiner and had their first child in June of 1970. Although Jerry was saved at a young age, he fully gave his life to Christ in 1974 and started teaching a junior boys Sunday School class on a bus at Merriman Baptist Church.
