JIMMY LEE HOGAN, 79, passed away on March 5,
2024 in Graham, TX, with burial in the Pioneer
Cemetery at Graham.
Jimmy was born Nov, 26, 1944 in Bristow, OK to the
late Virgil & Lois (Cook) Hogan. They moved from
Oklahoma to Ranger in 1957 where Jimmy attended
Ranger High School in the Class of 1963 for a short
time. They then moved to Graham in 1960 where he
started Graham High School his sophomore year. He
lettered in football, basketball, and baseball. He
walked on basketball in Tarleton State for 3 years.
Jimmy graduated in 1963 from Graham High School,
received his bachelors from Tarleton State College
in 1967, and later his masters in administration in
Education from Tarleton State College in 1976.
He married Jane (Moody) Hogan in Graham on Dec. of
1977 in Graham. His first job was at Garland High
School in Texas where he taught history and coached
boys football and basketball. He then taught at
Graham High School, left and taught at Breckenridge
High School & then back to Graham High School. When
he returned to Graham High School, he coached girls
basketball and was the first to coach the girls
softball teams. He was also on the coaching staff
of the baseball and football teams at Graham High
School. He loved his family, coaching and teaching,
his cattle and land, his lake house, playing fast
pitch softball all over the country, hunting, fishing,
playing golf, water skiing, the Cowboys, the Rangers,
and The Texas Longhorns! But most of all he loved his
wife Jane who did all this with him!
Survivors include: wife, Jane Hogan of Graham; sister,
Dorthy Burns of California; sister-in-law, Ruth Hogan
Neal of Irving; stepchildren, Rusty Spring and wife,
Lynda of Graham and Patti Spring Hornsey of Graham;
grandchildren, Chance Hornsey and Kristin Spring;
many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews
who loved their Uncle Jimmy.
He was preceded in death by brother, Rayburn Hogan
(RJC), sisters, Betty Hogan and Helen Hogan McElreath
(RHS-1957), stepson, Moody Spring, nephew, Steve Hogan,
and niece, Sharon Johnson.