Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 1 October 1919, Chaves, New Mexico. Died: 26 June 2000, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Enlisted 9 January 1942, Ft. Bliss, El Paso, Texas. Released: 25 January 1946. Education: grammar school. Occupation: driver. Spouse: Virgie Estelle Powers married in 1944 in Alexandria, VA. (1923-2000) Father: Joseph Eligah Hooten, farmer, (1884-1960). Mother: Emma Bady Powell, (1893-1993).