Pete Hookings

Mr. Peter Warren (Pete) Hookings passed away on April 3, 2024 after a short illness. He was 89 years old. Pete was born on September 27, 1934 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and was then raised in Bermuda. At 15, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee and graduated from high school a year later. He went to Memphis State University and 3 years later, joined the US Marine Corps where he served in active duty for 3 years and achieved the rank of Sergeant, performing the duties of an MP (Military Policeman), while stationed in Japan. He continued in the Marine Corps Reserves where he was honorably discharged in 1962. After his discharge from the Marines, he went back to college and graduated, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration from Memphis State University in August of 1959. On December 27, 1957, he married his wife, Barbara Robbins Hookings, in Memphis, who preceded him in death in 2015. They were together almost 58 years. They lived in Decatur, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; Memphis, Tennessee; and Germantown, Tennessee before settling in Milledgeville, Georgia. Pete was in sales and retired from Dixie Disinfectant Co., where he sold supplies to municipalities in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee. He and Barbara were very active in the Germantown Arts scene and enjoyed traveling across the globe and throughout the United States. After Barbara passed, Pete enjoyed reading and movies and visiting Ruby Tuesday's with his caregivers Beverly Smith and Paula Jackson and all "his kids" who worked there. He is survived by his daughter, Diana Evans (John) of Jacksonville, FL; son, Mark Hookings (Mary) of Milledgeville, GA; granddaughter, Emily Evans of Philadelphia, PA; grandson, Cole Evans of Madeira Beach, FL; granddaughter, Amanda Whatley (Mark) of Guyton, GA; grandson, Dr. Norman Ward, III (Dr. Danielle) of El Paso, TX; granddaughter, Ashleigh Hart (Ronald) of Covington, GA; granddaughter, Allyce Singletary (Jeremy) of McDonough, GA; and granddaughter, Adrien Borger (Keith) of Roswell, GA. He left 10 great-grandchildren, Mason and Maddox Whatley, Anastasia and Avery Ward, Tripp and Tate Hart, Savannah and McKaela Singletary and Berkeley and Palmer Borger. He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Marian Robbins Moore of Jacksonville Beach, FL; his niece, Katharine Moore Boggess (Doug) of Natchez, MS; as well as his great-nephews, Stuart Boggess of Arlington, VA and Martin Boggess of Denver, CO. No memorial service is planned. He is being interred at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Milledgeville, GA. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Chard Wray Food Pantry, c/o St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 309, Milledgeville, GA 31059.

Pete Hookings

September 27, 1934 - April 3, 2024