Individual Details
(May 31, 1934 - May 25, 2007)
"The real A. J. Hoover - One of the few things a man carries with him from birth to death is his name. I am proud of my name, and I have tried to make every effort to not tarnish it. I use the name that is on my birth certificate (yes, initials only). I feel I have a right to my name. I was born in Abilene, attended Valley View, South Junior High and graduated from Abilene High and McMurry. I worked here until my retirement last year. For many years my late father was the only Hoover in the Abilene telephone directory. To this day I am the only A .J. Hoover listed there. People who know me know I am not easily angered. However, after BB shots through two windows, telephone calls at all hours of the day and night wishing to discuss "what you wrote" or "what you said," being accused of not returning books to a local university library that I have never even visited and now phone calls of "Heil Hitler," I want your readers to know I am not the A. J. Hoover who writes frequent letters to the editor, and I am appealing to the author to use his full name. A. J. HOOVER, 1461 Minter Lane, Abilene, Texas." (Abilene Reporter News, Abilene, Texas, February 10, 1998.)
"A. J. Hoover, 72, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, died peacefully on May 25, 2007 at home with his family. A. J. was born May 31, 1934 in Abilene, Texas to the late Andrew Jackson Hoover and Hope Kemper Hoover, and he resided in Abilene until moving to Hot Springs Village in 1998. He graduated from Abilene High School, McMurry College, and attended medical school in Galveston, Texas. A. J. then completed his internship in medical technology at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene and later worked for Drs. Travis Smith and Larry Hardwicke. For the following 26 years, he served as Deputy Chief of Laboratory Services at Dyess Air Force Base Hospital, where he retired in 1997. A. J. loved Hot Springs Village for the golf, playing bridge with friends, and being close to nature. He also enjoyed traveling with his wife, Joan, and spending time with his family. He was a member of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, member and past President of the Hot Springs Village Rotary Club, a Paul Harris Fellow, a former Vice President of NARFE Chapter 1368, and a former Executive VP of NARFE, Arkansas Federation. He also served as a past President of the Hot Springs Village Computer Club. A. J. was preceded in death by his parents, and survived by his wife of 25 years, Joan R. Abelew Hoover. Other survivors include three children: Shannon Hoover and wife Dawn of Houston, Texas; Brit Abelew of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Darcy Abelew of Fort Worth, Texas, and one granddaughter, Stephenie Hoover of Houston. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, with The Rev. Dr. James M. Davis officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in the name of A. J. Hoover to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 199 Barcelona Road, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas 71909 or to the Rotary Club of Hot Springs Village, Scholarship Fund, P. O. Box 8065, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas 71910. Cremation arrangements are by Caruth Village Funeral Home." (Abilene Reporter News, Abilene, Texas, May 27, 2007.)
Events
| Birth | May 31, 1934 | Taylor County, Texas | | | |
| Marriage | April 22, 1955 | Abilene, Taylor County, Texas - Shirley Arleen Cook | | | |
| Divorce | Bef 1982 | Shirley Arleen Cook | | | |
| Marriage | June 12, 1982 | Joan R. | | | |
| Death | May 25, 2007 | Hot Springs Village, Garland County, Arkansas | | | |
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