Mary Elizabeth (Major) Hopkins (1920 - 2020)

Born 13 May 1920 in Texas, United States

Died 10 Dec 2020 at age 100 in Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas, United States

Biography

OBITUARY: Mary Elizabeth “Bobbie” Major Hopkins died Thursday, December 10, 2020 in Vernon, TX. She was born on May 13, 1920 near the Red River on the Major family farm north of Chillicothe, TX. She celebrated her 100th birthday this year.

Due to the COVID 19 virus a private family graveside service will be held at the Chillicothe Memorial Cemetery on Monday, December 14.

She was the daughter of Roy Major and Edith Hayhurst Major. She lived her entire life in Chillicothe until recently when she moved to Vernon. She married James H. Hopkins on August 9, 1940. Her remarkable life included retiring from Stein Hall in Vernon, rearing four children, and caring for grandchildren and great grandchildren who were her greatest joy. She was a talented musician, and played the piano and organ at the First Baptist Church of Chillicothe for decades.

Bobbie is survived by her sister Joan Clawson of Quanah, son Ray Hopkins and wife Susan of Chillicothe, daughter-in-law Cynie Hopkins of Chillicothe, daughter Diane Finley and husband Terry of Lancaster, TX, and daughter Linda McElrath of Austin, TX. Her grandchildren are D’Aun Pakulak and husband Mark, Leah Bradley, Christy Tabor and husband Horace Joe Tabor, Alissa Hopkins, David Hopkins and wife Wendy, Mark McElrath, John Finley and husband Ron Baker, and Andrew Finley. Her great grandchildren are Tyler Pakulak, Alex Pakulak, Hannah Tannery, Ryan Horn, Chance Bradley, Emily Bradley, Nicholas Bradley, Gabriel McElrath, Aubrey McElrath, Cate Tabor and Holden Tabor. She has five great-great -grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, sisters Frankie Stanford and Virginia Hill, brother Billy Leland Major, and her son Leland Hopkins on February 22, 2018.

There will be no formal family visitation. Public viewing will be at Smith Chapel Funeral Home in Chillicothe from 2:00 until 6:00 PM on Sunday, December 13.

Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, PO Box367, of Chillicothe, TX, 79225.

Sources

• Sullivan Funeral Home, Vernon, Texas, USA [1] accessed 16 December 2020