Homer Hogues (1927 - 2023)

Born 19 Apr 1927 in Navasota, Grimes, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mattie Bell (Robinson) Hogues — married 26 Feb 1947 in Ellis, Texas, United States

Died 27 Jun 2023 at age 96 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

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Biography

Homer Hogues is Notable.

Staff Sergeant Home Hogues was a Tuskegee Airman. He served as a mechanic in the 99th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group from 1946 through 1949. He was one of the “Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen.” The Tuskegee Airmen were known for heroic combat service in support of Allied Forces in the European Theater. They served with the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group, both largely Black units of the United States Army Air Forces

Homer was born in 1927 in Navasota, Texas. He was the son of Willie Hogues and Lucinda Milam. After his parents divorced, he lived with his mother and stepfather in Ellis County, Texas.

Homer Hogues is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army Air Force 1946-1949
Staff Sergeant in the Tuskegee Airman

He enlisted in the United States Army as a Tuskegee Airman in 1946 at Fort Sam Houston and served as an airplane and engine mechanic in the 99th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group, working on P-47 Thunderbolts. He was discharged from the service in 1949.

Despite his success working on the P-47 Thunderbolt, he was denied jobs as an airplane mechanic due to racism. He later went to work as an electro- plater for Lane’s Plating Works and retired from there forty-seven years later.

Homer was a Christian and for a time served as Senior Pastor for the Ovilla Baptist Church in Ovilla Texas; Later, he became a member of the Carver Heights Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas where he served in the youth ministry as well as serving as chief mechanic and bus driver for Summer youth trips.

At age 80, he joined the DFW, Claude Platt Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen and received his recognition as an ‘Original Documented Tuskegee Airmen.

He married his wife Mattie Bell Robinson in 1947 in Ellis County, Texas. They had two daughters together. They remained married for seventy-six years until her death just two days before he passed away.

He passed away in 2023 in Dallas, Texas.

Sources

• Homer Hogues, one of the last Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 96 in Dallas
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8B3-T2W : 5 December 2014), Homer Hogues, enlisted 17 Feb 1946, Ft Sam Houston, Texas, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HR74-YZM : accessed 30 June 2023), Homer Hogues in household of Tomie Porch, Precinct 7, Ellis, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 5B, line 84, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2327; FHL microfilm 2,342,061.
• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familsearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGP-Y58C : Sun Jan 29 23:07:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Homer Hogues and Mattie Hogues, 7 April 1950.
• MS Mattie B Robinson in the Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, Ellis County Clerk's Office; Waxahachie, Texas; Ellis County Marriages, 1850-1955, Ancestry Record 9168 #131974623
• Homer Hogues (1927–2023), one of the last Tuskegee Airmen
• Statement on the Death of Staff Sgt. Homer Hogues
• HOMER HOGUES April 19, 1927 - June 27, 2023 U.S. Air Force Veteran
• One of the last known surviving Tuskegee Airmen dies at 96 in North Texas
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/255953264/homer-hogues: accessed April 1, 2024), memorial page for Homer Hogues (19 Apr 1927–27 Jun 2023), Find a Grave Memorial ID 255953264, citing Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Debbie Gibbons (contributor 46921763).

See also

• Homer Hogues Tuskegee Airman Foundation
• Homer Hogues, among the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, dies 2 days after the death of his wife. He was 96
• Homer Hogues, One of the Last Tuskegee Airmen, Dead at 96