09/12/2025
Jim Hooper, February 18, 1943 – September 11, 2025
The Lord took home a good cowboy on September 11th, and his name was Jim Hooper.
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at First Baptist Church of Haslam with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. Bro. Jody Hooper, Bro. Michael Mynes, and Roland Jackson will officiate. Interment will follow at Wimberly Cemetery in Huxley.
Jim was born in Nacogdoches, Texas, on February 18, 1943, to Arnold and Annie Sue Hooper. He was raised alongside his brother, Joe, on the Bar H Ranch in Joaquin, Texas — a place that shaped the man he would become.
While attending Joaquin High School, Jim had no idea that his heart would one day be won by a girl from across the river at their rival school, Logansport High. That girl was June. They dated for five years and married on May 1, 1965. This year, they celebrated 60 years of a life well-lived and well-loved together.
Jim was rarely seen without his signature cowboy hat and lived by the motto he chose for his high school yearbook: “I don’t want to set the world on fire, but just put a spark in everyone’s heart.” And that, he surely did.
He was an entrepreneur in the truest sense. Jim wore many hats over the years — welder, chicken and cattle farmer, timberman, oil and gas investor, and business owner. But if you ever asked him what he did for a living, he’d humbly tell you, “I’m a farmer.”
He is survived by:
Devoted wife, June
Son, Wade
Daughter-in-law, Katie
Brother, Joe
Beloved grandchildren:
Cole
Sofia
He also leaves behind nieces Jennifer Peters and Andrea Tatum, nephews Jody and Josh Hooper, and a host of extended family and friends who simply called him “Uncle Jim.”
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Arnold and Sue Hooper.
The family extends heartfelt thanks to the Dialysis Clinic in Center, Texas, for their dedicated care, and to the compassionate team at Lifepath Hospice — Allison, Samantha, Lisa, Eileen, and Noli — for walking alongside them during this difficult time. A very special thank you is given to Heidi Ellis, whose loving care and presence meant the world to both Jim and June.
Good work, Jim Hooper, good work!
Online condolences & tributes can be sent at www.watsonandsonsfuneralhome.com
