Born July 1896 in Texas; died April 6, 1960 at the VA Hospital, Dallas, Texas from heart failure.

Married to Corine Ellen Sandefer Noble

Hooton died two days after the birth of his great nephew David Glen Smith.

Hooton was a York Rite Mason and a Knight Templar. His Templar sword was “second hand” as the blade bears the name of Joseph B. Peabody, who may have been a hotel manager in Houston in 1930. We have pictures of Hooton in full Templar regalia with sword in 1939.