United States Army, Technical Sergeant, World War II. Military grave marker, James Conrad Hooks, birth date 3/27/1919, death date 7/28/2006, obituary, burial in Forest Hill Cemetery, Livingston, Polk County.
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Obituary, James Conrad 'J.C.' Hooks, Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Texas), 7/30/2006, p. 6A, crediting Livingston Municipal Library. "He became interested in politics at an early age and was honored to have been selected to serve as a page to Texas State Representative Carl Bergman at the age of fourteen . . . his interest in politics resurfaced and in 1957, he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives. He was re-elected the following session, representing Hardin, Polk, and San Jacinto counties."
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .