David Robert Hopkins

1922 - 1986  (63 years)

• Name	David Robert Hopkins
  Born	29 May 1922	Wirt County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Apr 1986	Wood County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Buried	K of P Cemetery, Elizabeth , Wirt Co, WV
  Notes	David Robert Hopkins, 63, of Elizabeth, died April 27 in the Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Creston, son of the late Jonathan D. and Melissa Headley Hopkins. He was a member of the Big Island Run United Methodist Church, was retired from the state Department of Highways, was a World War II Army veteran, member of the Wirt County Senior Citizens and a charter member of the Wirt County Volunteer Fire Department. He is survived by his wife, Gladys Hall Hopkins; three sons, David Eugene of Washington, Jerry of Elizabeth and Kenneth of Parkersburg; three daughters, Martha Slusher of Elizabeth, Carolyn Longwell of Warren, Ohio and Patty Bain of Sandyville; a foster daughter, Judy Brooks of Cairo; two brothers, Jonathan of Grantsville and William of Santa Clara, Calif.; a sister, Ola Monroe of Elizabeth and 12 grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. April 30 at the Matheny-Pomroy Funeral Home Chapel of Elizabeth, with the Rev. Gladson Grim officiating, with burial in the Elizabeth K of P Cemetery. (From the Parkersburg paper, 1986, supplied by son David E. Hopkins)
  Person ID	I88464	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2011

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Depure Hopkins,   b. 3 Mar 1865, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 28 Feb 1924, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Melissa A Headley,   b. 23 Jun 1877, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 12 Oct 1955, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	23 Mar 1901	Wirt County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	Marriage Record Date: 3/23/1901 at Mr Headleys Place: Wirt, West Virginia, United States J D Hopkins, 31, Wirt, Wirt Melissa E Headly, 23, Wetzel, Wirt Informant: AE Hopkins 1910 Spring Creek, Wirt, WV #22 all WVWVWV Hopkins, Johnathan D 44 m1- 9y Malisse E 33 m1- 9y 7-6 children Ruth E da 8 Keneth A son 6 Bee son 4 7/18/1907 Ethel M da 1 Carry B da 0/12 1920 Spring Creek, Wirt, WV # 42-45 Hopkins, John D 53 Malissa E 42 Ruth da 18 Kenneth son 15 Francis M son 14 Carrie da 9 Carrie Blanche 4/3/1910 Dollie da 8 Dollie Katharine 2/7/1911 Viola da 6 [Ola] William A son 3 2/12 John son 1 4/12 1930 Spring Creek, Wirt, WV Hopkins, Melissie 50 wd Keneth son 26 s Albert son 13 Junior son 11 Robert son 7 1930 Spring Creek, Wirt, WV l/w Cliffor N & Rosa Snyder Hoplins, Ola cook 16 WVWVWV
  Family ID	F22828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gladys P Hall,   b. 16 Jan 1925,   d. 24 Aug 1994  (Age 69 years)
  Married	27 Jun 1942	Wirt County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	Marriage Record Date: 6/27/1942 at Elizabeth Place: Wirt, West Virginia, United States Robert Hopkins, 20, Creston, Creston, John & Malissia Hopkins Gladys Hall, 17, Sanoma WV, Sanoma, Charley & Lillie Hall
  Family ID	F22840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

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• Sources

  [S7] Gravestone. [S654] Marriage Records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.