Arthur Dwight Hooper, a retired telephone technician and vintage automobile enthusiast, died June 7 of bladder cancer at his Centreville home.
The former Hamilton and Arnold resident was 70.
The son of a Railway Express Co. worker and a homemaker, Mr. Hooper was born in Baltimore and raised in Edmondson Village.
After graduating from Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, he served in the Coast Guard, where he was a firefighter.
Mr. Hooper began his telephone company career in 1960 when he took a job in the mailroom of the old Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. He rose through the ranks until he became a systems technician.
He retired from Verizon in 1992, and then returned to work for Corsica Telecom in Centreville, where he was employed as a systems technician at his death.
Mr. Hooper had been vice president of the Communication Workers of America Retirees.
Mr. Hooper enjoyed classic vintage automobiles and driving his dark green 1970 Chevrolet hardtop.
A resident of Centreville since 1976, Mr. Hooper was a member of the Kent Island Cruisers, an auto club.
Mr. Hooper liked caring for his yard and his vegetable garden, said his wife of 49 years, the former Marilyn Eaton.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 408 S. Liberty St., Centreville.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Hooper is survived by two daughters, Amy Hooper Rhein of Parkton and Wendy Hooper Martin of Centreville; a sister, Anne Stocksdale of Catonsville; three grandsons; and two step-grandsons.