H. Gordon Hogue was born on October 12, 1946 in Kermit, Texas, to his parents Charles Gordon Hogue and Lena Emmaline Addison Hogue.
He attended schools in New Mexico and Colorado and graduated from Cortez High School in Cortez, Colorado in 1964. He attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, where he received a music scholarship for four years and received his bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1967. He also graduated from the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at SMU in Dallas and the Commercial Banking School at the University of Oklahoma.
He and his family died of complications from COVID pneumonia on July 24, 2021 at Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
In 1966 he married his school friend Gail Schumann and shared love, memories and support for over 55 years.
Gordon had already passed away from his parents Charles and Lena Hogue; his brother Jimmy Charles Hogue and sister-in-law Linda Hogue; Brother-in-law Johnny Schumann; and his wife’s parents, Jeannette Schumann Moore and Henry F. Schumann.
He is survived by his wife Gail Hogue; and three adult children, Troy Hogue and wife, Debbie, Carrie Hogue-Townes and husband, Michael and Andra Hogue and significant other, Alberto Carreon. He leaves behind a brother-in-law and his wife, Ronald and Dodie Schumann. Also survived by many cousins, nieces and nephews. He is also survived by many beloved grandchildren, Kylie and Ashton Henderson, Kyson Hogue, Ariana Epperson, Collin and Addison Hogue, and Breezy Baxter and Sunni Townes.
Gordon, a longtime banker in Paris, began his 50+ year banking career in Midland, Texas at Midland National Bank. He then moved to Farmington, New Mexico to support a holding company and start and open a new bank, Valley Bank. In 1978 he and his family moved to Paris with a holding company that bought First National Bank and stayed there as it had several different owners. He later moved to People’s Bank for several years and then moved to First Federal Community Bank, where he completed his banking career and retired in 2017. His expertise has been used regularly as a bank advisor since his retirement.
His love for music continued throughout his life and he passed this love on to his children and grandchildren. He loved teaching his family, especially his grandchildren, how to do and fix many things that are useful and self-sufficient in life. He also loved solving problems of all kinds. Gordon loved camping and boating, motorcycling and driving, and riding in the Colorado Rocky Mountains with his family and friends. Gordon loved traveling with his wife. He was in the Rockies camping at his favorite spot in Lake City, Colorado when he got sick.
He was a willing helper to everyone and offered help to anyone who needed help to fix things or offer ideas. His son’s friends called Gordon “MacGyver”. He actually fixed the motorhome’s engine on a trip with a toothpick!
Gordon cared for his community, serving on the Kiwanis Board and as a George Hixson Fellow, the Meals on Wheels Board, the Red River Valley Fair Board, a Jaycees Senator, and a 32nd degree Freemason. He was also an active member of the First Baptist Church of Paris and a former treasurer. His greatest goal was to work for the Lord and to make people believe in HIM and the Savior of their souls. He helped other Christian men and pastors bring several Christian revival rallies to Paris aimed at saving the youth and the lost of our county and recently planned another one for 2022. He leaves a huge void in family, church, friends and in the community.
The Bright-Holland Funeral Home has services scheduled for Monday, August 2nd at 4pm at the First Baptist Church of Paris, with Dr. Tommy Turner and Rev. Mike Fortenberry officiate. The burial takes place in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family welcomes friends to the funeral home on Sunday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The funeral will be broadcast live on Facebook. To access, please search fbcparis.
The family requests souvenirs from the H. Gordon Hogue Scholarship Fund, c / o First Federal Community Bank, 630 Clarksville St., Paris, TX 75460.
To leave a message or tribute to the family, please visit brighthollandfuneralhome.com.
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