Alma Jean Render Hocker

Published 9:21 am Thursday, April 7, 2016

Alma Jean Render Hocker, 85, of Morgantown, passed away April 5, 2016, at Morgantown Care & Rehabilitation Center. 

Alma Jean, wife of the late Hugh R. Hocker Sr., was born Dec. 7, 1930, in Butler County, to the late Joshua U. and Anna Mae Moore Render. She was a member of Morgantown First Baptist Church and the Clara Lee Circle, a Kentucky Colonel, a lifetime member of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and served on Morgantown Planning and Zoning Board for 10 years. A retired school teacher from the Butler County Schools system and member of the Retired Teachers Association, she served on the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts and was president for two consecutive terms. Other than her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Mona Hocker Jones, and one grandson, Bo Phelps.

Alma Jean Render Hocker is survived by one son, Hugh R. Hocker Jr. of Morgantown; two daughters, Anna Laura Hocker of Morgantown and Ruth Hocker Spalding and husband Hugh of St. Louis; three granddaughters, Jennifer Jones and husband Chriss Vowles of Pinckney, Mich., Laura Rose Phelps of Bowling Green and Allison Spalding of Lexington; five grandsons, Jeremy Jones and wife Allison May of Madison, Wis., H. Render Hocker III of Morgantown, Hank Rivers Hocker Sr. of Morgantown, Hal Ryan Hocker and fiance Chelsea Hewitt of Lexington and J. Reid Spalding of St. Louis; one great-grandson, Hank Rivers Hocker Jr. of Bowling Green; a son-in-law, James Wayne Jones (Susan Ederer) of Ann Arbor, Mich.; and several beloved nieces and nephews.

Funeral is at 3 p.m. Saturday at Morgantown First Baptist Church, with Bro. Greg Wallace officiating, and with burial in Riverview Cemetery. Visitation is from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Jones Funeral Chapel and from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the church. 

Expression of sympathy may be made to the WMU Building Fund, Morgantown First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 444 Morgantown, KY 42261. Please share any photos, memories, condolences or light a candle in memory of Alma Jean at jonesfuneralchapel.com.