Texas "Tex" Thompson Obituary (1940

Texas T. Tex Thompson, 74, of Hooker, Oklahoma passed away August 12, 2015 at Memorial Hospital of Texas County in Guymon, Oklahoma. Tex was born November 26, 1940 in Freer, Texas, the son of Hardy and Jewel Bywaters Thompson. This is where he attended school and graduated high school. At age seventeen, with his mothers permission, he entered the U.S. Navy, serving aboard the USS Bayfield. On November 26, 1961 in Long Beach, California, while still in the Navy, Tex was united in marriage to Connie Hillman. They lived for a short time in Aqua Dulce, Texas and then moved and settled in Hooker, Oklahoma. He worked as a tile setter for Connies father and later for Mr. Meng as a mechanic working on tractors. For a number of years he worked as a switchman for the Rock Island Railroad out of Liberal, Kansas and then for Santa Fe Minerals. During this time he attended Liberal Area Vo-Tech and obtained carpentry skills. In 1994 he began working for Dorchester Hugoton as a mechanic and retired in 2005. He loved his family especially his grandkids and going to their cabin at Angle Fire, New Mexico was always a special treat. He was a member of the Hooker Masonic Lodge, was a 32 degree mason and a member of the Hooker American Legion. He was preceded in death by his father, Hardy Thompson, a brother, Tommy Thompson and great granddaughter, Adley Huxman. Survivors include his wife Connie of the home; his mother, Jewel Wicke of Alice, Texas; two daughters, Tammie Mouser and Debbie Huxman and her husband Theron of Hooker; one brother, Donnie Mach of Alice Texas; two sisters, Cindy Schwintz and Cathy Peterson and her husband Andy all of Alice, Texas; five grandchildren, Kayla and Matt Martens, Branson and Taylor Huxman, Kristen and Skylan Redmond, Josh and Amy Mouser, Gabe and Jessie Mouser; eight great grandchildren, Montana, Brook, Faith, Shase, Sawyer, Hank, Jett, and Jackson. Memorials are suggested to the Hooker Firefighters or the Hooker Ambulance Association and may be left at the Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Box 745, Hooker, Ok 73945. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 15, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Hooker with Rev. Craig S. Denslow officiating. Inurnment will follow at a later date.