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Thursday. July 3. 2014
News
The Baytown Sun 3
Farewell, Sharon
OBITUARIES
lor obituary information, call 28I-422-83G2
Baytown Sun photo by Christopher James
Longtime Community Resource Credit Union employee, Sharon McKinzie, retired Friday
after 45 years Df service. Her career started as a part-time teller in 1968 and evolved
from there,. From left are Ronni Perez, service delivery officer; Sandy Kennedy, vice
president of human resources; Sharon McKinzie, senior vice president of special'proj-
ects; and Tamara Hudson vice president of information technology.
Double Bayou Bash kicks off Friday
BY GABY TORRES
gaby.torres@baytownsun.com
Looking for something to do July 4th
weekend? The Double Bayou Cash is
the place for you. This event will be held
at the Job Beason Park in Oak Island,
Chambers County from 3:30 to 10:30
p.m. on Independence Day.
There will be several activities for kids,
including a petting zoo from 3:30 to 5:30
p.m. Also a children’s tent from 3:30 to 9
p.m. for some hands-on activities.
Also live music all evening and fire-
works, from 9 to 9:30 p.m. Food will also
be available, and a boat parade which
will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Although the Chambers Recovery
Team is sponsoring them, there are also
additional openings for sponsors to help
with the event.
Proceeds benefit the Chambers Recov-
ery Team, a non-profit organization.
Chambers Wild or chamberswild.com
is a nature tourism initiative and is also
helping with this event. It is linked with
Chambers Recovery County and Cham-
bers County to provide information on
the natural resources and other outdoors
. events that anybody can enjoy.
For registrations, sponsors or addition-
al information visit DoubleBayouBash.
com or you may email boatparade@
chamberswild.com
Major John
Hooper
Major John- Hooper,
USMC (Retired), age 93,
of Baytown, died peace-
fully at home surround-
ed by family after a long
battle with Parkinson’s
Disease on June 29,2014.
He was bom on June
28, 1921, jn Santa Cruz,
CA to Harry and Esther
Hooper. On August 6,
19*48, he married Connie
Smith in Beaumont, TX.
John enlisted in the U.S.
Marine Corps in 1942,
completing Officers’ Can-
didate School in 1944. As
a Lieutenant, he landed at
Sasebo, Japan as part of
the occupying force after
Nagasaki bombing end-
ed World War II. During
the Korean Conflict, he
was stationed at Mare
Island, Hawaii with the
first Air and Naval Gun-
fire Liaison Company,
A.N.G.L.I.C.O. John
received a 'Bachelor of
Science in Physics/Chem-
istry from St. Mary’s
College of California and
University of California
at Berkeley. He worked
with Sun Oil Company as
a petroleum engineer in
Beaumont and retired in
1985. John was a mem-
ber of American Contract
Bridge, The American
Legion, Evening Optimist
of Beaumont, Lakewood
Neighborhood Watch,
The Military Officers’
Association of America,
National Rifleman’ Asso-
ciation, Society of Petro-
leum Engineers, St John
the Evangelist Catholic
Church in Baytown, and
St. Mary’s College of Cal-
ifornia Alumni.
He is survived by his
wife, Connie Hooper,
of Baytown; daughters,
Kathleen Julicher and
husband, Mark .of Bul-
verde, TX, Susan Nor-
ton and husband, Colby,
of Plano, and Patti Allen
of Danville, CA; sons,'
John Hooper Jr. and wife,
Barbara, of Helotes, and
Richard Hooper and wife,”
Marianne, of Ruston, LA;
15 grandchildren, Joseph
Julicher, Esther Wingard,
Daniel Julicher, Sarah Ju-
%4icher, Anna Mears, Clara
Carlisle, Kelley La Croix,
Patrick Norton, Kevin
Hooper, Maura Hooper,
Chris Allen, Justin Allen,
Ben Allen, April Hoop
er, and Brynna Hooper,
and 28 great-grandchil-
dren. He was preceded
in death by his parents,
Harry arid Esther Hoop-
er, and his brother, Harry
Hooper Jr. and sister, Ma-
rie Strain. The family will
receive friends at Crespo
and Jirrels Funeral, 6123
Garth Road, Baytown,
TX, 77521 on Wednes-
day, July 2, 2014 from
6-8 PM. Funeral mass
will be held at St. John,
the Evangelist, 800 W.
Baker Rd, Baytown TX
on Thursday, July 3, 2014
at 11 AM. Interment will
follow at 3 PM, with full
military honors at the For-
est Lawn Memorial Park,
4955 Pine Street, Beau-
mont TX, 77703.
In lieu of flowers, the
family requests, memo-
rials to the Houston Area
Parkinson’Society, www.
hapsonline.org or by mail
to 2700 S. W. Freeway,
St. 296, Houston, TX
77098. You are invited to
view his tribute or send a
condolence, to the family
at www.crespondjirrels.
com. Arrangements are
entrusted to Crespo and
Jirrels Funeral Home.
IiCrespo 6 Jirrels
IlFuneral and Cremation Services
aespoandRfT0te.com 281-839^)700
BAYTOWN POLICE BEAT
Vehicle crimes
• A burglary of a motor vehicle was re-
ported in the 600 block of Rollingbrook
DriveTuesday. Items reported stolen
were valued at $15.
• A hit and run was reported in the 600
block of Rollingbrook Drive a Tuesday.
A parked vehicle was struck from the
rear end causing $1001 in damage.
• A burglary of a motor vehicle was re-
ported in the 600 block of Rollingbrook
Drive Tuesday.
Theft
• A theft occurred in the 4900 block of
Garth Road at 1 p.m. Tuesday. A man re-
ported that checks were stolen from his
residence and were used at a business in
Baytown. '
• A theft occurred in the 4900 block of
Garth Road at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. A fe-
male reported that items were taken from
her purse while shopping.
23 offenses
Between Tuesday and Wednesday
mornings, Baytown police officers wrote
23 offense reports and investigated in-
cidents that irfffluded three assaults, one
auto theft, two burglaries of motor vehi-
cles, two forgeries, one theft, six other
arrests and eight miscellaneous cases.
During that time period, police also in-
vestigated five vehicle accidents.
Police Beat is compiled from Baytown
Police Department reports and officer-
interviews. Those •reports are available
on the-city website, at www.baytown.org.
Baytown .V Crime Stoppers pays cash
rewards for information that leads to
the arrest and charging of anyone who
commits a felony. Callers remain anon-
ymous. Call Baytown Crime Stoppers at
281-427-TIPS or send information via
text message by texting ‘'Baytown”plus
the information to CRIMES '(27463 7).
Judy Fuller
Judy Fuller, 62, of
Cove, Texas, passed away
on July 1, 2014.
She loved to read
and loved her cats. She
worked at San Jacinto
Methodist Hospital in
medical records for 14
years.
She was preceded in
death by her parents,
C.G. & Sadie Harrell; and
brother, Jerry Harrell.
She is survived by her
husband of 36 years, Ker-
ry “Kert” Fuller; son, Co-
rey Fuller and wife Joni;
brother, George Harrell
and wife Konnie; sister-
in-law, Kathy Harrell;
and numerous family and
friends.
In lieu of flowers, dona-
tions can be made to the
family for medical ex-
penses.
The family will receive
friends on Sunday, July 6,
2014 at Earthman Funer-
al Home from 6:00pm to
9:00pm.
Funeral Services will be
held on Monday, July 7,
2014 at 2:00am at Earth-
man Funeral Home.
Interment will follow at
Palms Cemetery, Dayton,
TX.
To view the online obit-
uary and post a tribute
for the family, visit www.
earthmanbaytown.com.
Arrangements were un-
der the direction of Earth-
man Funeral Home, 3919
Garth Rd., Baytown, TX
77521; (281)422-8181.
(Dignity) EARTHMAN
Funeral Home
3919 Garth Road; Baytown, TX 77521
(281) 422-8181; earthjnanbaytown.com
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Bloom, David. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 128, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 2014, newspaper, July 3, 2014; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1066259/m1/3/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.