The Bryan - College Station Eagle 
August 17, 2001

Henry W. Hoke
May 27, 1922 — Aug. 15, 2001

OLD BOWLING COMMUNITY — Services for Henry W. Hoke, 79, of the Old Bowling
community of Leon County are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Walters Funeral Home
Chapel in Centerville. The Rev. Mike Haney will officiate. Burial will be in
the Old Bowling Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the
family present from 6 to 8 p.m.

Mr. Hoke died Wednesday in Centerville.

He was born near Shiro in Grimes County and lived most of his life in the Old
Bowling community of Leon County. He retired from Brown & Root after 37 years
as superintendent. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps serving in World
War II in the China-Burma Theater. He was a member of the Clear Creek
Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Middie Hoke of Fairfield, Texas; a son and
daughter-in-law, Tom and Susan Hoke of Fairfield; a daughter, Lisa Botello of
Centerville; a brother, Elbert Hoke of Huntsville; and four grandchildren.