Anthony Earl John “Toney” Hooks

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Anthony Earl John “Toney” Hooks

Birth
Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA
Death
1 Feb 1988 (aged 32)
Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Former Member Of Sly & Family Stone, Ohio Players Shot Dead -- AP NEWS -- Former Member Of Sly & Family Stone, Ohio Players Shot Dead -- February 1, 1988 -- SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) _ A high-speed chase led to the arrest of a suspect in the fatal shooting of a musician who once played with Sly and The Family Stone and the Ohio Players, police said. Peter John Hynes, 35, of Hilton Head, S.C., was arrested early Sunday in the slaying of Anthony Earl John Michael "Toney" Hooks, 32, of Bluffton, S.C., according to a police report. The report said Hynes was arrested on a charge of murder following an auto chase that ended at a roadblock on the Talmadge Bridge near Savannah. Hooks died at a hospital of a shotgun wound following an argument, police said. Hooks, a guitarist, most recently appeared on an album by the soul artist George Clinton. Hynes was being held at Chatham County Jail awaiting extradition to South Carolina.

United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
Name: Mr Anthony Earl John Michael or Toney or Frankie J. Hooks
Event Date: 02 Feb 1988
Event Place: North Carolina, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 32 [1955]
Death Date: About 02 Feb 1988
Newspaper: Charlotte Observer, The
Father: William B. Hooks
Mother: Sarah Riley Hooks
Fiancée: Linda Wells
Nonrelatives: Peter John Hynes, George Clinton
Former Member Of Sly & Family Stone, Ohio Players Shot Dead -- AP NEWS -- Former Member Of Sly & Family Stone, Ohio Players Shot Dead -- February 1, 1988 -- SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) _ A high-speed chase led to the arrest of a suspect in the fatal shooting of a musician who once played with Sly and The Family Stone and the Ohio Players, police said. Peter John Hynes, 35, of Hilton Head, S.C., was arrested early Sunday in the slaying of Anthony Earl John Michael "Toney" Hooks, 32, of Bluffton, S.C., according to a police report. The report said Hynes was arrested on a charge of murder following an auto chase that ended at a roadblock on the Talmadge Bridge near Savannah. Hooks died at a hospital of a shotgun wound following an argument, police said. Hooks, a guitarist, most recently appeared on an album by the soul artist George Clinton. Hynes was being held at Chatham County Jail awaiting extradition to South Carolina.

United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
Name: Mr Anthony Earl John Michael or Toney or Frankie J. Hooks
Event Date: 02 Feb 1988
Event Place: North Carolina, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 32 [1955]
Death Date: About 02 Feb 1988
Newspaper: Charlotte Observer, The
Father: William B. Hooks
Mother: Sarah Riley Hooks
Fiancée: Linda Wells
Nonrelatives: Peter John Hynes, George Clinton