Graveside rites for a former resident of Spur, Mrs. Nadine Devoy Hopkins, were held here August 21 at 3 p.m. with Rev. Norris Taylor officiating.Mrs. Hopkins died August 19 in Garland following a lengthy illness. She had resided here from 1914 to 1961 when she and her family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. Her husband, J.D.Hopkins was owner of a Texaco service station here for a number of years. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Patsy Hart, Garland; Mrs. Nell Roberson, New Orleans, LA; one brother, Marion Jordan, Spur; two sisters, Mrs. Creola McClanahan; Lorenzo and Mrs. Evelyn Brewen, Spur; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers included Joe McDaniel, M. M. Copeland, R.B. Walsworth, Jack Simmons, Bill Dement, and Buck Carlisle.
Interment was in Spur Cemetery.
©The Texas Spur, August 28, 1969
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
SPUR (Special) — Services for J.D. Hopkins, 69, a retired service station operator, are set for 2 p.m. today in the Spur Church of Christ with Jim Chisum, minister, officiating.Burial will be in Spur Cemetery under the direction of Campbell Funeral Home.
A native of Sulphur Springs, Hopkins lived in Dickens County from 1923 until 1950 when he moved to Hugo, Okla. He died about 4:30 a.m. Sunday in Baylor Hospital in Dallas.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Patsy Hart of Garland and Mrs. Nell Roberson of Shreveport, La.; a brother (rest of article not saved)
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, March 12, 1973
from the records of Thelma Kimmel Scott
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