Mary Lois Frangella

Mary Lois Hooker Frangella, age 91, of Texarkana, Arkansas, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 in Texarkana. She was born October 24, 1925 in Mineral Springs, Arkansas to the late William Hugh Hooker and Jewell Johnson Hooker. She was a home maker and retired secretary for Brown and Root Construction. She was a member of the Gateway Church in Shreveport, Louisiana where she had previously lived. She loved reading, friends and family. Mary loved visiting with all her friends, and family was very important to her, but most of all her church and Christian faith is how she lived her life. She taught her family the strong values of living a Christian life through the examples of how she lived. Preceding her in death other than her parents was her brother; William Hugh "Bill" Hooker Jr. Her survivors include her daughter and son-in-law; Camille and Doug Norwood of Genoa, Arkansas; one sister; Betty Hargrove of Shreveport, Louisiana; a special niece and nephew; Debra Monarch and husband Michael of Shreveport, and Mark and wife Karen Hargrove of Covina, California; two grandsons; Michael and wife Brenda (who she considered her granddaughter) Norwood of Azle, Texas, Drew Norwood of Texarkana, Texas; two great-grandsons; Alex Norwood of Texarkana, Texas and Jacob Norwood of Azle, Texas; as well as a large host of other family and friends. Services will be Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Nashville Funeral Home in Nashville with David Daniel officiating. Interment will follow in Mineral Springs Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. You may send the family an online sympathy message to www.nashvillefh.com. The family request that in lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the charity of your choice in her honor.