Willie Bea Kirkland Hooten

July 8, 1928 - January 21, 2022

Willie Bea Kirkland Hooten, 93, of Shamrock died Friday, January 21, 2022 in Wellington. Graveside services will be 3:00 pm Sunday, January 23, 2022 in Shamrock Cemetery in Shamrock with Daylon Kirkland, officiating. Viewing will be held Saturday at the funeral home. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Shamrock. Willie Bea was born July 8, 1928 in Collingsworth County to Walter Lee and Tressie Jones Kirkland. She married George Samuel Hooten on August 21, 1949 in Shamrock. She had been a resident of Shamrock most of her life. She worked at Corner Drug and Hasty's prior to her retirement where she always ran a tight ship and instilled work ethics into many people she worked with. She enjoyed working in the yard, taking care of people and most of all taking care of her family. Her and George also taught her sons good work ethics. Willie Bea also didn't mind giving her opinion. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Shamrock and will be dearly missed by her family. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on October 11, 2016; her 7 brothers, J.L. Kirkland, Bill Kirkland, Donald Kirkland, Pete Kirkland, Scooter Kirkland, Tootsie Kirkland, and Butch Kirkland; and a sister, Faye Bonner. Survivors include her sons, James Hooten and wife Zeda and George Hooten and wife Shirley all of Shamrock; her sisters, Naomi Lowe-Robertson of Shamrock and Shirley Gipson of Odessa; 3 grandchildren, Amy McCasland, Stephen Hooten, and Karen Wright; 4 great grandchildren, Monty McCasland, Madison McCasland, Colton Hooten, and Baylee Wright; a great great grandson, Oliver Sacre; and numerous nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews. The family request memorials be sent to Shamrock Meals on Wheels or First Baptist Church of Shamrock Youth Department.