Obituary for Darries Vernon Hoke
Graveside services, with Military Honors, have been set for Darries Vernon Hoke, MSgt, USAF Retired, for 4:00 P.M., Saturday in the Veterans Section of Altus City Cemetery. Burial will be under direction of Lowell Funeral Home.
Sgt. Hoke died Tuesday at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX. He was retired August 1, 1973 at Altus AFB, his last duty assignment being with the 443rd Field Maintenance Squadron. Sgt Hoke was a combat flight engineer serving in both Korea and Viet Nam, and was wounded in both of these actions and decorated highly for actions against the enemy in both conflicts.
Survivors include: his wife, Shirley of the home in Altus; three children, Darrell, Elizabeth and Lisa Hoke, all of Phoenix, AZ; four step-children, Kim Roper of Altus, Larry Roper of U.S. Air Force in Spain, Cherie Seglem of Wichita, KS, Teresa Woodrum of Lafayette, LA; two sisters, Gladys Padgett of Roanoke, West VA, Alice Nicely of Bristol, TN; three brothers, Elvin Hoke of Bristol, TN, Carl Hoke of White Sulphur Springs, VA, Stanley Hoke of West Monroe, LA; his mother, Mrs. Rosie Hoke of Bristol, TN.
06/29/1974
4:00 PM
Graveside
Altus City Cemetery
Altus
OK
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Sgt. Hoke died Tuesday at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX. He was retired August 1, 1973 at Altus AFB, his last duty assignment being with the 443rd Field Maintenance Squadron. Sgt Hoke was a combat flight engineer serving in both Korea and Viet Nam, and was wounded in both of these actions and decorated highly for actions against the enemy in both conflicts.
Survivors include: his wife, Shirley of the home in Altus; three children, Darrell, Elizabeth and Lisa Hoke, all of Phoenix, AZ; four step-children, Kim Roper of Altus, Larry Roper of U.S. Air Force in Spain, Cherie Seglem of Wichita, KS, Teresa Woodrum of Lafayette, LA; two sisters, Gladys Padgett of Roanoke, West VA, Alice Nicely of Bristol, TN; three brothers, Elvin Hoke of Bristol, TN, Carl Hoke of White Sulphur Springs, VA, Stanley Hoke of West Monroe, LA; his mother, Mrs. Rosie Hoke of Bristol, TN.
06/29/1974
4:00 PM
Graveside
Altus City Cemetery
Altus
OK
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