Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at the Rosenwald Building at Prentiss Institute for Mrs. Rosie Lee Hawthorne Hooker, 98, who died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Arthur Cribbs officiated with interment following in Green Grove Baptist Church cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Rosie Hooker was born in Jefferson Davis County to the late Louis Dudley and Carrie Doretha Johnson Hawthorne. She was affectionately known as “Doll”. She was a member of Green Grove Baptist Church where she served as Financial Secretary of the church for 32 years, Assistant Director of the Youth Choir, Adult Sunday School Teacher, Trustee Board Member, Secretary of the District Association, President of the General Baptist Quarterly Institute and Secretary of the Sophia Sutton Mission Board of Trustees.

Mrs. Hooker attended Pine Ridge Elementary School and later Prentiss Institute where she graduated high school.  After graduation, she attended Henderson Business College earning a degree in Business Administration. While attending college, she met and married Marvell S. Addison, Sr. and to this union, two children were born,  Marvell Jr. and Maxie Jewel. She later met and married Curtis Hooker and to that union, two children were born, Refferd and Archie.

She was preceded in death by husband, Curtis Hooker and son, Archie Hooker.

Mrs. Hooker had many employment experiences, first job was Coulters Cleaners, and later for her grandfather, Estus Johnson at Johnson Funeral Home. Her most rewarding employment was with Prentiss Institute and later at the bank in Prentiss.  Mrs. Hooker affiliations were: President and Secretary of Eureka Arts Club, President and Secretary of the Federated Women’s Club, Recording and Financial Secretary, Treasurer and Chairman of the Budget Committee of the Mississippi State Heroines of Jericho, NAACP, the Prentiss Institute Alumni Association and Prentiss Institute Board of Trustees. She received many awards and appreciations from her various affiliations.

Mrs. Hooker is survived by two sons, Marvell “Sonny” Addison of Prentiss and Refferd (Bernice) Hooker of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; one daughter, Maxie Jewll Addison of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; one sister, Maxine (John) Simmons of Chicago, Illinois; one bonus son, Archie Allen of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 15 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; one aunt, Geraldine Johnson of Seattle, Washington; dear friend, Oreadean Abrams of Prentiss and many other relatives and friends.