Monroe was the son of William C. and Nancy Lovell Hooberry. Monroe was a sometime member of Dr. Humphrey Bate's Possum Hunters which was the first string band to appear on the Grand Ole Opry. Dr. Humphrey Bate was called the "Dean" of the Opry by George Hay.
Services for Jacob Monroe Hooberry, 81, retired interior decorator, will be conducted at 2:30p.m. Wednesday at Cosmopolitan Funeral Home. Elmer C. Smith, Church of Christ minister, will officiate. Burial will be at the Spring Hill Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home. Mr. Hooberry, of 1817 Eighth Avenue North died Sunday after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Cheatham County. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. W. P. Winter and Mrs. Jack E. Burke, Nashville, and Mrs. James Butler, Grand Rapids; a son, Ben C. Hooberry, Nashville; Mrs. Mattie Abernathy, Nashville, 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
NASHVILLE BANNER, Tues. Sept. 29, 1959
Services for Jacob Monroe Hooberry, 81, retired interior decorator, will be conducted at 2:30p.m. Wednesday at Cosmopolitan Funeral Home. Elmer C. Smith, Church of Christ minister, will officiate. Burial will be at the Spring Hill Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home. Mr. Hooberry, of 1817 Eighth Avenue North died Sunday after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Cheatham County. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. W. P. Winter and Mrs. Jack E. Burke, Nashville, and Mrs. James Butler, Grand Rapids; a son, Ben C. Hooberry, Nashville; Mrs. Mattie Abernathy, Nashville, 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
NASHVILLE BANNER, Tues. Sept. 29, 1959
Monroe was the son of William C. and Nancy Lovell Hooberry. Monroe was a sometime member of Dr. Humphrey Bate's Possum Hunters which was the first string band to appear on the Grand Ole Opry. Dr. Humphrey Bate was called the "Dean" of the Opry by George Hay.
Services for Jacob Monroe Hooberry, 81, retired interior decorator, will be conducted at 2:30p.m. Wednesday at Cosmopolitan Funeral Home. Elmer C. Smith, Church of Christ minister, will officiate. Burial will be at the Spring Hill Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home. Mr. Hooberry, of 1817 Eighth Avenue North died Sunday after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Cheatham County. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. W. P. Winter and Mrs. Jack E. Burke, Nashville, and Mrs. James Butler, Grand Rapids; a son, Ben C. Hooberry, Nashville; Mrs. Mattie Abernathy, Nashville, 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
NASHVILLE BANNER, Tues. Sept. 29, 1959
Services for Jacob Monroe Hooberry, 81, retired interior decorator, will be conducted at 2:30p.m. Wednesday at Cosmopolitan Funeral Home. Elmer C. Smith, Church of Christ minister, will officiate. Burial will be at the Spring Hill Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home. Mr. Hooberry, of 1817 Eighth Avenue North died Sunday after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Cheatham County. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. W. P. Winter and Mrs. Jack E. Burke, Nashville, and Mrs. James Butler, Grand Rapids; a son, Ben C. Hooberry, Nashville; Mrs. Mattie Abernathy, Nashville, 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
NASHVILLE BANNER, Tues. Sept. 29, 1959
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