James Edward Hooker

  • Born December 4, 1918
  • One of Lincoln County’s first African American Deputy Sheriffs
  • Self-employed logging business
  • School bus driver
  • World War II veteran
  • Member of Zion Chapel AME Church – served as Superintendent of Sunday School, Head Steward, and Circuit Steward.
  • Married to former Farrie Lee Griggs; 6 children
James Edward Hooker