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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070312
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EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20070312

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HOOKER FURNITURE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001077688
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE [2510]
		IRS NUMBER:				540251350
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

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		FORM TYPE:		NT 10-Q
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-25349
		FILM NUMBER:		07687295

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		440 E COMMONWEALTH BLVD
		CITY:			MARTINSVILLE
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			24112
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5406322133

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		440 E COMMONWEALTH BLVD
		CITY:			MARTINSVILLE
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			24112
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:-0.12in; text-indent:0.12in;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>UNITED STATES</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=3>FORM 12b-25</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:-1in; text-indent:1in;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:-1in; text-indent:1in;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Commission File Number: 000-25349</font></p>


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							<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#127; Form 10-K &nbsp;&nbsp;&#127; Form 20-F &nbsp;&nbsp;&#127; Form 11-K &nbsp;&nbsp;&#127; Form 10-Q &nbsp;&nbsp;&#127; Form 10-D</font></p>
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							<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#127; Form N-SAR &nbsp;&nbsp;&#127; Form N-CSR</font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>For Period Ended: NA</font></p>
			<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&#127; Transition Report on Form 10-K </font></p>
			<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&#127; Transition Report on Form 20-F</font></p>
			<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&#127; Transition Report on Form 11-K</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font face=Wingdings>x</font><font size=2>  Transition Report on Form 10-Q</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&#127; Transition Report on Form N-SAR</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>For the Transition Period Ended: January 28, 2007</font></p>
			<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:center;border-top:solid 0.5pt;padding-top:1;border-left:solid 0.5pt;padding-left:4;border-right:solid 0.5pt;padding-right:4;'><i><font size=2>Read Instruction Before Preparing Form.  Please Print or Type<br>
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			<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;border-left:solid 0.5pt;padding-left:4;border-bottom:solid 0.5pt;padding-bottom:1;border-right:solid 0.5pt;padding-right:4;'><font size=2>Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the Commission has verified any information contained herein.</font></p>
			<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above, identify the item(s) to which the notification relates: _____________________________________________________</font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>PART I</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>REGISTRANT INFORMATION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Full Name of Registrant:  HOOKER FURNITURE CORPORATION</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Former Name if Applicable:  N/A</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Address of Principal Executive Office (</font><i><font size=2>Street and Number</font></i><font size=2>):  440 EAST COMMONWEALTH BOULEVARD</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>City, State and Zip Code:</font>  <small>MARTINSVILLE,</small> <small>VA</small>  24112</p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>RULES 12b-25(b) AND (c)</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25(b), the following should be completed. (Check box if appropriate.)</font></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>PART III</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>NARRATIVE</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>State below in reasonable detail why Forms 10-K, 20-F, 11-K, 10-Q, 10-D, N-SAR, N-CSR, or the transition report or portion thereof, could not be filed within the prescribed time period.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On January 17, 2007, Hooker Furniture Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued a press release announcing that it plans to close its Martinsville, Va. wood furniture manufacturing plant by the end of March 2007. The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on January 18, 2007 regarding the closing and the related asset impairment charges of $7.0 to $7.8 million pretax ($4.3 to $4.8 million after tax, or $0.36 to $0.40 per share). A copy of the press release was included as an exhibit to the Form 8-K.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On January 29, 2007, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had terminated its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (&#147;ESOP&#148;) effective January 26, 2007. The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on January 30, 2007, regarding the termination of the ESOP and the related $18.4 million, non-cash, non-tax deductible charge to earnings the Company will recognize in January 2007. A copy of the press release was included as an exhibit to the Form 8-K.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Also on February 13, 2007, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had signed a letter of intent to purchase Sam Moore Furniture, a Bedford, Va.-based manufacturer of upscale occasional chairs with an emphasis on fabric-to-frame customization, from La-Z-Boy Incorporated.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>As a result of these three developments the Company did not file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2006 until February 28, 2007, and, in turn, has not yet completed the financial statements and related disclosures to be included in the Transition Report on Form 10-Q for the two-month transition period ended January 28, 2007. Additional time is required to permit the Company&#146;s management, audit committee and independent registered public accounting firm to perform their review of the Form 10-Q. As a result, the Company could not file its Form 10-Q by the prescribed March 9, 2007 due date without unreasonable effort or expense. The Form 10-Q will be filed no later than the fifth calendar day following the originally prescribed due date.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>PART IV</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>OTHER INFORMATION</font></B></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this notification.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>R. Gary Armbrister, Chief Accounting Officer</font></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed?  If answer is no, identify report(s).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face=Wingdings>x</font><font size=2> Yes &#127; No</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the earnings statements to be included in the subject report or portion thereof? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face=Wingdings>x</font><font size=2> Yes &#127; No</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On August 29, 2006, the Company approved a change in its fiscal year. After the fiscal year that ended November 30, 2006, the Company&#146;s fiscal years will end on the Sunday closest to January 31. In connection with the change to the new fiscal year, the Company had a two-month transition period that began December 1, 2006 and ended January 28, 2007. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Company&#146;s transition report on Form 10-Q will report the Company&#146;s results of operations and financial condition for the two-month transition period compared to the first quarter ended February 28, 2006 (three months).</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>net sales for the 2007 two-month transition period of $49.1 million, compared to $85.3 million for the 2006 first quarter. Based on actual shipping days in each period, average daily net sales declined 5.8% to $1,258,000 per day during the 39 -day 2007 transition period compared to </font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>an operating loss of $17.2 million, or  35.1% of net sales during the 2007 transition period compared to operating income of $5.8 million, or 6.8% of net sales, in the 2006 first quarterly period, principally as a result of:</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>a net loss of $17.6 million, or $1.45 per share for the 2007 two-month transition period, compared to net income of $3.6 million, or $0.30 per share, for the 2006 first quarter.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><u><font size=2>Hooker Furniture Corporation</font></u></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Date: March 12, 2007</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>By </font><u><font size=2>/s/ R. Gary Armbrister</font></u></p> </td> </tr></table>
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