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Ethel (Hooks) Pugh 1926 - 2023

Ethel Mae (Hooks) Pugh was born on August 12, 1926 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish County, Louisiana United States to Sandy B. Hooks, and had a brother Henry L. Hooks. Ethel Pugh died at age 96 years old on May 17, 2023, and was buried on May 24, 2023 at Royal Chapel of Memories 4315 Oakwood Avenue, in NW Huntsville, Alabama US.

Ethel Mae (Hooks) Pugh

Mama Ethel

August 12, 1926

Shreveport, Caddo Parish County, Louisiana, United States

May 17, 2023

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Ethel Mae (Hooks) Pugh's History: 1926 - 2023

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Introduction

Ethel Hooks Pugh was a phenomenal woman, and excellent example of a life well lived.
08/12

1926

Birthday

August 12, 1926

Birthdate

Shreveport, Caddo Parish County, Louisiana United States

Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

Ethel is daughter of Sandy B. Hooks-the first Black postman in Blanchard, LA, and midwife Georgia (Primus) Hooks. She is sister to famed photojournalist and one of the first Black NASA employees-Henry L. Hooks, and great aunt to Global Activist and Equality Advocate Greshun De Bouse. Her husband, morse code expert John Willie Pugh recognized for his work amid the 1970 Texas Hurricanes, preceeded her in death.
Nationality & Locations

She spent 25 years post-marriage supporting her husband’s US Air Force military career through tours of duty in Texas, New Mexico, Mississippi, New York, Japan, and Oregon, while raising six children.
Early Life & Education

She graduated from Central Colored High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. She pursued her nursing degree at Oregon Technical Institute (OTI) in Klamath Falls.
Religious Beliefs

Yes. Ethel gave her life to Christ in her youth at Republican Baptist Church, Shreveport. In the 1950s she accepted the Advent message and became a member of the Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church in Shreveport.
Professional Career

Ethel Hooks Pugh earned her nursing degree in 1977 (age 51), and worked as an RN until she retired as RN head of the oncology department at Willis Knighton Hospital-Shrevepoet, LA.
Personal Life & Family

She served as a supportive wife and mother, deaconess, Sabbath School Superintendent, Division leader, teacher, Vacation Bible School leader, Sabbath School teacher, participated in Sunshine Bands (nursing home ministry), ministry that provided meals to men who lived on the streets of Shreveport, singer, and devout Seventh Day Adventist Christian.
05/17

2023

Death

May 17, 2023

Death date

Unknown
Cause of death

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05/24

2023

Gravesite & Burial

May 24, 2023

Funeral date
Royal Chapel of Memories 4315 Oakwood Avenue, in NW Huntsville, Alabama 35810, US
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