Wife of Charles E. Hooker. When she was a girl and her parents died, she was adopted by Chief Justice William L. Sharkey and her name was changed to Fannie Cecelia Sharkey.
Wife of Charles E. Hooker. When she was a girl and her parents died, she was adopted by Chief Justice William L. Sharkey and her name was changed to Fannie Cecelia Sharkey.
Inscription
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF FRANCIS
CECELIA HOOKER
DAUGHTER OF BENJAMIN
JENNISON AND FRANCIS
CECELIA LE BRETON
WHO DIED AT VICKSBURG
MISSISSIPPI IN THE CHOLERA
EPIDEMIC OF 1832. SHE WAS
ADOPTED AT DEATH OF HER
PARENTS BY CHIEF JUSTICE
WM. L. SHARKEY OF SUPREME
COURT OF MISS. AND
HER NAME CHANGED BY ACT
OF LEGISLATURE AFTERWARDS
TO FANNIE CECELIA SHARKEY
MARRIED TO CHARLES EDWARD
HOOKER IN JACKSON, MISS.
MAY 22, 1850, DIED DECEMBER
8, 1905. LIVED WITH
HUSBAND IN JACKSON, MISS.
FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY.
A MOST DEVOTED AND LOVING AND TENDER MOTHER.
Gravesite Details
Her inscription is on the back of her husband's monument.
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