Naomi Agnes Constance HOOKINS (Tree A)

A couple of posts ago I featured the discharge of Henry James HOOKINS and mentioned that Henry's wife Naomi died during the 2nd World War. This is the announcement of her death in the local paper and the verse chosen to celebrate her life.

This newspaper cutting indicates that her funeral took place at the Bristol Road Cemetery in Bridgwater and that at that time her only son Bill (William E HOOKINS) was serving in the RAF in the Middle East. It also lists her involvement with the WVS, as a collector for the Red Cross and as a Group Secretary of war savings for her immediate area as well as being a member of a working party for St John's Parish.

The list of mourners included F HOOKINS (Frederick John - my grandfather) who was a brother of Naomi's husband Henry (known as Harry). Fred is also listed with his wife Em (Emma Selina) amongst those providing floral tributes along with Alice (sister of Henry) and her husband Joe.