Funeral services for Emmett Richard Lee Hopkins 82, of Parkersburg, were conducted Friday morning at the Leavitt Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. John Keck officiating and interment followed in the Arlington Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Hopkins was born in Burning Springs, a son of the late Thomas Alexander and Nanny Hopkins Hopkins. Before moving to Parkersburg in 1929, he had been a coal miner in Marion County and a city policeman and real estate salesman in Fairmont. He owned and operated grocery stores, service stations and automobile sales and service for many years.
Surviving are a son, Bernard E. Hopkins, of Parkersburg; a daughter, Mrs. Iris Grayce Terrell, of Parkersburg; two half-brothers, Roscoe and Rolly Hopkins, both of Parkersburg; a half-sister, Mrs. Pail (Anna) Hartley, of Parkersburg; 10 grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rosa Opal Satterfield Hopkins; two sons, two grandchildren, a great-grandchild and a number of brothers and sisters.
Mr. Hopkins was born in Burning Springs, a son of the late Thomas Alexander and Nanny Hopkins Hopkins. Before moving to Parkersburg in 1929, he had been a coal miner in Marion County and a city policeman and real estate salesman in Fairmont. He owned and operated grocery stores, service stations and automobile sales and service for many years.
Surviving are a son, Bernard E. Hopkins, of Parkersburg; a daughter, Mrs. Iris Grayce Terrell, of Parkersburg; two half-brothers, Roscoe and Rolly Hopkins, both of Parkersburg; a half-sister, Mrs. Pail (Anna) Hartley, of Parkersburg; 10 grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rosa Opal Satterfield Hopkins; two sons, two grandchildren, a great-grandchild and a number of brothers and sisters.
Funeral services for Emmett Richard Lee Hopkins 82, of Parkersburg, were conducted Friday morning at the Leavitt Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. John Keck officiating and interment followed in the Arlington Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Hopkins was born in Burning Springs, a son of the late Thomas Alexander and Nanny Hopkins Hopkins. Before moving to Parkersburg in 1929, he had been a coal miner in Marion County and a city policeman and real estate salesman in Fairmont. He owned and operated grocery stores, service stations and automobile sales and service for many years.
Surviving are a son, Bernard E. Hopkins, of Parkersburg; a daughter, Mrs. Iris Grayce Terrell, of Parkersburg; two half-brothers, Roscoe and Rolly Hopkins, both of Parkersburg; a half-sister, Mrs. Pail (Anna) Hartley, of Parkersburg; 10 grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rosa Opal Satterfield Hopkins; two sons, two grandchildren, a great-grandchild and a number of brothers and sisters.
Mr. Hopkins was born in Burning Springs, a son of the late Thomas Alexander and Nanny Hopkins Hopkins. Before moving to Parkersburg in 1929, he had been a coal miner in Marion County and a city policeman and real estate salesman in Fairmont. He owned and operated grocery stores, service stations and automobile sales and service for many years.
Surviving are a son, Bernard E. Hopkins, of Parkersburg; a daughter, Mrs. Iris Grayce Terrell, of Parkersburg; two half-brothers, Roscoe and Rolly Hopkins, both of Parkersburg; a half-sister, Mrs. Pail (Anna) Hartley, of Parkersburg; 10 grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rosa Opal Satterfield Hopkins; two sons, two grandchildren, a great-grandchild and a number of brothers and sisters.
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