Benny "Joe" Hooper

Benny 'Joe' Hooper TULIA -- Benny "Joe" Hooper, 83, died on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in Amarillo. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 2016, in the First United Methodist Church with Pastor Karen Young, Rev. Curtis House and Rev. Tommy Ewing officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Tulia. A visitation will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, 2016, at the funeral home. Joe was born on Sept. 26, 1932, in Silverton to Benjamin Franklin and Revellah Mae Turner Hooper. Most of his school years were in Kress and Tulia. He married Martha Vaughan on June 1, 1952, in Happy at the First Methodist Church. After their marriage they farmed in Tulia, then living in Walsh, Colorado, he worked for a fertilizer company. They moved back to Texas, living in Edmonson, Plainview and Tulia. Before he retired he worked for Randy Falkenburg at the farm in Plainview, then the ranch at Goodnight helping farm and raise cattle for 23 years. His hobby was raising and showing Appaloosa and Quarter Horses. He helped with the 4-H kids showing horses. His greatest pride and joy are his grandchildren and great-grandsons. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Tulia. He is preceded in death by his parents; one brother and sister-in-law, Bobby Warren and Edna Hooper; and his brother-in-law, Cletus Dobbs. He is survived by his wife, Martha Hooper of Tulia; their children, Jerry Joe Langin-Hooper of Walsh, Colo., Jill Len Lashmet of Eaton, Colo., Jana Kay Lashmet of Tulia and Jim Bob Hooper of Lubbock; one brother, Frank Ray Hooper of Amarillo; one sister, Reta Mae Dobbs of Tulia; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandsons. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 119 N. Briscoe, Tulia, TX 79088; BSA Hospice of the Southwest, 6600 Kilgore Dr., Suite 110, Amarillo, TX 79106; or to a favorite charity. Online condolences may be made at www.kornerstonefunerals.com.