Ora Lee Hooper
Published 11:03 am Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Ora Lee Hooper of Vicksburg died Thursday, April 26, 2012, in Alsip, Ill. She was 92.
Mrs. Hooper was born Oct. 10, 1919, in St. Joseph, La.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, James W. Matthews and Joe Hooper; and three children, Preston Green, Amy Blackmon and Betty James.
She is survived by two sons, James Matthews and Joe Hooper Jr.; three daughters, Helen O’Neal, Barbara Allen and Linda Majors; and grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives, including Frank Crump.
A wake will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Prayer & Faith Outreach Ministries, 944 W. 103rd St. in Chicago, with services to follow at 11. Burial will be at Homewood Memorial Gardens in Homewood, Ill. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Thursday at Calahan Funeral Home in