Joe Hix

Funeral services for Mr. James Lee "Joe" Hix, age 76 of Cookeville will be held Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home with Rev. Kevin Conrad officiating. Interment, with Military Honors, will follow in the Cookeville City Cemetery. His family will receive friends Tuesday from 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Due to Covid-19 precautions social distance measurers will be encouraged. Joe died Friday evening June 26, 2020 at his home. He was born Sunday August 1, 1943 in Cookeville to the late Lester Dow and Florence Mae Sutton Hix. In addition to his parents, was preceded in death by a brother Junior Hix and sister, Beatrice Birch. Joe graduated from Putnam County Senior High School and attended Tennessee Tech. Joe served twenty years with Associates Financial Services. After moving to Cookeville, he began his banking career with the former Citzens Bank. He later worked with Union Planters and Jackson Bank and Trust and retired from Putnam 1st Merchantile Bank. Joe was a member of Cookeville First United Methodist Church. He served in the Tennessee National Guard and was a member of Cookeville Masonic Lodge #266 F & AM. He was active in all youth sports; serving as a TSSAA basketball official for more than 25 years. He was a long-time clock operator for TTU Basketball Games and member of the Cookeville Cavaliers Chain Gang. Joe will be remembered by family and friends as a caring, giving man who was always looking for ways to help people. Joe is survived by his wife of 52 years, Sue Jackson Hix (whom he married August 5, 1967 in Franklin County, TN); two sons, Eric (Susan) Hix of Knoxville and Kevin (Jennifer) Hix of Chattanooga; a sister, Linda Hix of Cookeville; four grandchildren, Beth Anne Hix, Jackson Hix. Lauralee Hix, and Emmett Hix. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (931)526-6111. You may share your thoughts and memories at www.hhhfunerals.com.