Emma Maybelle Hooper

ODESSA Emma Maybelle Burge Hooper, age 76, of Mesa, Arizona, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2011, in Mesa.

She was born September 25, 1935 in Haskell County, Texas to Boyd Burge and Pearl Pauline Simpson Burge. She was raised and educated in Odessa and was a long time employee of Trans Pecos Cement Company. She was an original partner in Bravo Industrial X-Ray with her husband and sons. She was also a long time member of First Assembly of God, Odessa Tabernacle and Open Door Assembly of God. She loved bowling, crafts, garage sales, and raising her plants, especially cactus.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Oren Wilson, Jr.; her mother, Pauline Burge; her brother, Danny Burge and her sister, Joyce Esmon.

Survivors include her sons, Fred Oren Wilson, III and his wife Becky and Michael Wayne Wilson and his wife Patty of Odessa; her daughter, Donna Overton of Mesa, Arizona; sister, Loretta Burge of Odessa; six grandchildren, Crystal Forbes and husband Doug of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kelly Schmedes and husband Gregg of Johns Island, South Carolina, Courtney Smith and husband Zach of Denver, Colorado, Rebecca Cole of Austin, Texas, Kesa Wilson of Austin, Texas and Lt. Benjamin James Wilson and wife Rachel of Wichita, Kansas and 3 great grandchildren, Isaiah, Ripley and Emory.

Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday, September 29, 2011, at Sunset Funeral Home. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, September 30, 2011, at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Larry Elder officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Sunset Funeral Home. To sign the guest book, go to our website at www.sunsetodessa.com.