Background
Hooker, John Jay was born on September 9, 1903 in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States. Son of Amzi Waddell and Alice (Williamson) Hooker.
Hooker, John Jay was born on September 9, 1903 in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States. Son of Amzi Waddell and Alice (Williamson) Hooker.
Graduate Castle Heights Military Academy, 1920. Bachelor of Arts, Cumberland U., 1923, Bachelor of Laws, 1924, Doctor of Laws, 1946.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1924. Practicing lawyer, Nashville, 1927-1971. Member firm Hooker, Keeble, Dodson & Harris.
Member Tennessee House of Representatives, 1927. Trustee Cumberland U. Member American (House of Delegates 1941-1942), Tennessee (president 1940-1941), Nashville bar associations, American Judicature Society (director), Nashville Chamber of Commerce, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Clubs: Cumberland, Belle Meade, Colemere.
Married Darthula Williamson, June 10, 1925. Children: Alice Kirby (Mistress Robertson McDonald), John Jay, Henry Williamson.