Individual Details
Elma Jeanette Black
(13 Apr 1915 - 16 Dec 2000)
CHAPEL HILL -- Elma B. Hooker died Saturday at the Carol Woods Retirement Community following a long illness. She was 85.
She attended Duke University, where she earned a bachelor's and master's degree in mathematics, becoming a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation, she taught math at Campbell College.
A longtime resident of Chapel Hill, she moved to the area with her husband in 1949 after he joined the faculty at UNC School of Medicine. She was a member of University Presbyterian Church and was active in the church school and Presbyterian Women. Over the years, she was a Girl Scout leader, a volunteer at UNC Hospitals and a member of the Chapel Hill Historical Society.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Carol Woods. Private burial will be in the Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery.
Survivors include her daughter, Elizabeth H. Phipps of Greensboro; a son, Robert W. Hooker of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and three grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to University Presbyterian Church or to a favorite charity.
Arrangements are by Walker's Funeral Home in Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill News, The (NC) - Sunday, December 17, 2000
Events
| Birth | 13 Apr 1915 | Bamberg, Bamberg, South Carolina |  | ||
| Residence | 1935 | Bamberg, Bamberg, South Carolina | | ||
| Marriage | 3 Sep 1937 | Bamberg, Bamberg, South Carolina - Charles Wright Hooker | |||
| Residence | 1 Apr 1940 | Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut | | ||
| Residence | 1959 | Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina | | ||
| Residence | 1992 | Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina | | ||
| Death | 16 Dec 2000 | Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina | |
Families
| Spouse | Charles Wright Hooker (1910 - 1994) |
| Child | Elizabeth Hooker |
| Child | Robert W. Hooker |
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