McMinnville resident Harold Hoover, 95, was born Nov. 28, 1929 in Viola Tennessee and died Jan. 21, 2025 after a brief illness. Harold married the love of his life, Emma Jean Nelson, on Nov. 29, 1947. After a three-year stint in the Army, Harold returned home to Viola where he opened several small businesses including a laundry and grocery store and later founded the Harold R. Hoover Trucking Company where he worked until his retirement. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and proud to be a member of the Ezel Masonic Lodge #381 F&AM and served as a deacon at the Westwood Church of Christ.