Mary Eola was born on January 6, 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and died at the age of 99 of natural causes on September 3, 2024 in Madison, Mississippi. Mary Eola was the youngest of four children of Mary Eola Coco Hogg and William Thomas Hogg Sr. Mary Eola was an athletic woman with a great sense of humor, a zest for life and a love of sports. She attended St. Rita’s Catholic School and Ursuline Academy for high school. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration in Commerce from Tulane University in 1944 at age 19 and served as class Vice-President her senior year. Her long successful career was spent at Chevron where she was an accountant, unit head and valuable team player in their New Orleans office. She retired in the late 1970’s to Jackson to be closer to her family.
Mary Eola enjoyed traveling with her sister, Mary Clare on several European trips. She was a devoted daughter and cared for her parents as well as her older sister later in life. Our “Aunt Eola” was a woman of great faith and attended Mass regularly. In her golden years, she served as an Eucharistic minister at St Catherine’s Village. She loved her siblings dearly --older brothers William “T.” Hogg Jr., Edward ”Ed” Hogg, and her sister Mary Clare Hogg and remained close to them until their passing.
Throughout her life, she was an avid and talented golfer. In the 1960’s, before women could join country clubs as a single member, her brother joined and shared the privileges with her so she could consistently play. Our Aunt Eola often said she was born a generation too early as she would have loved to have been a professional golfer. She had a contagious laugh and was a devoted New Orleans Saints fan. Loving to participate in sports, she once caught a touchdown pass when she was 82 in a family game of touch football.
While at St Catherine’s Village where she resided for the past fifteen years, she enjoyed dancing, croquet and bingo and always looked forward to her “medicinal” scotch at 5:00 pm. Her family remembers “Aunt Eola” as a fun and strong woman, a trail blazer full of spunk, and a devout Catholic.
Mary Eola Hogg is survived by six nieces and two nephews: Noreen “Bunny“ Hogg Bordelon of Jackson;
Marguerite ”Margie” Hogg Hunter of Cherry Hills ,Colorado; Liefje ”Liefy” Hogg Smith of Decatur, Georgia; Virginia Belle “Ginger” Hogg of Jackson; Charlotte Hogg Nix of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Elizabeth “Beth” Hogg Beck of Madison, Alabama; Edward “Ned” Laning Hogg of Ocean Springs, Mississippi and Dr. Robert “Bob” Thomas Hogg of Seattle, Washington and all of their extended families.
Services will be at St Richard’s Catholic Church in Jackson on September 28th visitation from 10-11am with funeral mass following at 11am. Arrangements by Parkway Funeral Home. Internment at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemetery will be at a future date.
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