by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 7, 1993 TAG: 9304070331 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT HOOKER, PATRICIA FLANNAGAN
HOOKER, Patricia Flannagan, 66, of Salem, died Saturday, April 3, 1993 in Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hooker graduated from Wellesley College, and she earned a masters degree from Hollins College. She was a number of years a journalist, working for newspapers and television stations in Salem and Roanoke. She did research and wrote for the Salem Historical Society, and she was active and held delegate status in the Virginia Democratic Party. During the 1950's, Mrs. Hooker was very active in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Girl Scouts and Showtimers. She was preceded in death by her mother, Mrs. Victoria Hall, who died March 26, whose care she had provided for many years. Her father was Roy C. Flannagan, the novelist and editorial writer for the Richmond News Leader, who died in 1951, and her stepfather was Raymond C. Hall, who had retired from Hall and Company in Richmond to reside in Salem, dying in 1985. She is survived by her husband, Zebulon Vance Hooker, II, retired professor of English at Roanoke College; her son, Zebulon Vance Hooker, III of Salem; her daughters, Martha Preston of London, Elizabeth Cibula of Canastota, N.Y.; her brother, Roy C. Flannagan Jr. of Athens, Ohio; her stepsister, Patricia Hall Moore of Virginia Beach; two grandchildren. Services will be private. John M. Oakey and Sons will be handling arrangements. The family's home church is St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The family asks that in lieu of flowers donations be given in Mrs. Hooker's name to the American Cancer Society.