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Rita Hooker

Rita Sue Hooker of De Kalb, Texas passed away Friday, March 20, 2020 at a Texarkana, Texas hospital.  She was 70 years old. 

Rita was born January 22, 1950, in Dallas, Texas, to Bobby Ray and Iva Earlene Pogue Benedict.  She was a Law Enforcement Officer and a News Reporter for the Bowie County Citizens Tribune.  Rita was a De Kalb Kiwanis Club Lay Person of the Year and a member of Big Woods Community Church in De Kalb, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Linda Keeling and Sandra Miller.

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