Hopkins Cemetery, Lincoln Co, Ky

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Hopkins Cemetery 
Located at 232 Old Fall Lick Rd. 
N. of Crab Orchard

Head north on Hwy. 39 out of Crab Orchard toward Lancaster.  Turn right onto Hwy. 3246 
(Fall Lick Road).  Follow this road for 2˝ miles and then turn right onto Old Fall Lick Road.  The cemetery will be about one tenth of a mile on the left

 
All photos submitted by Ronnie and Bernice Bates, Eldred Melton and Ron Terry unless otherwise stated

   
Photos (bottom row) submitted by Shelby Hopkins 



  Submitter  

Matilda E. Allen  (85)
03-02-1907 - 08-02-1992

“Our Sister”
dau of Malachi Hopkins 
granddau of Joe & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins.

Shelby Hopkins  
Shelby Hopkins
Arthur Baker
1-5-1914  - 1965 age 51
brother to Jonas Baker and a twin brother to Otto Baker.  killed in a tractor accident in Indiana.  Son of Matt Baker.
Ronnie Bates' group
Shelby Hopkins
  
Ronnie's Group  

Shelby Hopkins

Cora Baker 
10-03-1938 - 05-02-2008 
age 69
d/o Jonas and Mary Baker

Granddau of Joe & Elizabeth Hopkins.

Shelby Hopkins   
Shelby Hopkins

Jim Matt Baker 
1852 - 1948

f/o Arthur, Jonas, and Otto Baker.

Shelby Hopkins   
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group

Jimmy Lee Baker Sr.
12-29-1945 04-08-2009  age 63

Grandson of Jonas & Mary Hopkins Baker
f/o Steven Lynn Baker
Great grandson of Joe & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins

Shelby Hopkins   
Shelby Hopkins
Jonas Baker
2/18/1892 - 2/13/1960 age 67
h/o Mary Hopkins Baker
f/o Sue Baker Bass
son-in-law of Joseph & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins 

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
Larry Baker
born and died 7/13/1947

s/o Lawrence and Della Bowman Baker.  Grandson of Jonas & Mary Hopkins Baker.  Great-grandson of Joe & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins.
Ronnie's Group
Shelby Hopkins 

Ronnie's Group
  
Shelby Hopkins
Mary Hopkins Baker
4/17/1898 - 5/26/1983 age 85
w/o Jonas Baker
d/o Joseph & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins Sr

Mother of Sue Baker Bass and Matt Gene Baker.  
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins

Matt Gene Baker
12-27-1932 - 02-18-1936 age 3

s/o Jonas and Mary Hopkins Baker
Grandson of Joe and Elizabeth Brock Hopkins  Grandson of Matt Baker.

Shelby Hopkins


Shelby Hopkins

Otto Baker
1/5/1914 - 5/9/1984 age 70
brother of  Arthur (twin to Otto) and Jonas Baker
s/o  Matt Baker
Shelby Hopkins
Ronnie's Group


Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie Wayne Baker
3/6/1953 - 3/15/1953
  
Ronnie's Group


Shelby Hopkins

Steven Lynn Baker
05-26-1970 - 05-26-1970

s/o Jimmy Baker & Faye Kidd of Crab Orchard.  great-grandchild of Jonas & Mary Hopkins Baker

Shelby Hopkins     
Shelby Hopkins
 
Sue Baker Bass
9/17/1916 - 8/13/1978 age 61

d/o Jonas & Mary Hopkins Baker Granddaughter of Joseph & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins
m/o Donald Keith Crank
 Ronnie's Group
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 

Alpha Hopkins Brock
09-24-1903 -   07-22-1945 age 41

w/o John Hopkins and later Oscar Brock
m/o 4 children
d/o  Ewell & Ella Saylor Hopkins

Shelby Hopkins   
Shelby Hopkins
 

James “Jimmy” Brock 
1890? - 07-22-1949 age 59
buried in
unmarked grave
He killed Roy Hopkins and was later killed by Henry Hopkins
brother to Ollie Brock and Ella Brock Nichols 

Shelby Hopkins   
Shelby Hopkins
 
Joe James Brock
11/11/1941 -1942 8 months
s/o John Henry and Shirley Shelton Brock
died of apparent crib death
gr grandson of Joe & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins
.
Ronnie and Bernice Bates and Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 
Levi Brock
born abt. 1876 - died 10/12/1948
Levi was married to Mary Brock
Shelby Hopkins     
Shelby Hopkins
 

Linda “Lindy” Turner Brock
1872 - 05-05-1960

w/o James “Jimmy” Brock

Shelby Hopkins  
Shelby Hopkins
 
Mary Belle Naylor Brock
August 1865 - October 18, 1946
Shelby Hopkins  
Mary Jane Brock
April 186l - April 16, 1936
Shelby Hopkins     
Mary Saylor Brock
12/17/1829 - 5/30/1919 age 89
Born Harlan Co Ky Died Lincoln Co, Ky
w/o John H Brock
m/o Z R, Elizabeth and Vinia Brock
Elizabeth and Vinia both married Hopkins 

d/o Zachariah B and Sally Helton Saylor
Mary was the first person buried in the cemetery.  After this, the family moved the body of Leonard Hopkins who died in 1917 down the hill to the site of the present day Hopkins Cemetery. 
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins


Robbin Brown


Shelby Hopkins
 

Ollie Brock
08-25-1910  - 05-17-1928 age 17
b/o Jimmy & Ella (El) Brock Nichols
killed by Ollie “All” Singleton at Mixed Spring Holler, Fall Lick, Lincoln County.

Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins
   
Shelby Hopkins
 
Woodson Brock
1872 - June 03, 1949
Shelby Hopkins    
Zachariah "Zack" R Brock
1850 - 1936 age 86
s/o John H and Mary Saylor Brock
h/o Mary A Saylor
b/o Elizabeth Brock Hopkins and Vinia Brock Hopkins
Bob Graham
Shelby Hopkins


Bob Graham


Shelby Hopkins
 

Donald Keith Crank
03-31-1936 - 0 6-8-2006 age 70
s/o
Simon & Sue Baker Crank Bass

Shelby Hopkins  
Shelby Hopkins
 
Elizabeth Shelton England
2/24/1919 - 4/27/1938 age 19
w/o Fain England
d/o Johnny & Vinia Hopkins Shelton
granddau of
Joe & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins
died after giving birth to a baby boy
baby lived for about a month and is buried beside Elizabeth.
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins


Ronnie's Group


Shelby Hopkins
 
Kenneth Wayne England
4/24/1938 - 5/1938 about 1 month
s/o Fain and Elizabeth Shelton England

Gr-grandson of Joe & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins.
Ronnie and Bernice Bates and Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins
 

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 

Charles Herman Hopkins
0
3-02-1922 - 05-14-1988 age 66

Private, U. S. Army   “World War II”  

s/o Steve & Rachel Naylor Hopkins (only had 1 child together)

Shelby Hopkins
Shelby Hopkins
   
Elizabeth Hopkins
1/27/1859 - 1/10/1934 age 74
Born in Ky or Tenn - Died in Lincoln Co, Ky
w/o Joseph Hopkins Sr.
d/o John H and Mary Saylor Brock

m/o 12 children
sister of Zachariah Brock & Vinia Brock Hopkins
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins 


Robbin Brown


Shelby Hopkins
 
Ella (Ellen) Saylor Hopkins
0
8-02-1886 - 05/29/1960 age 73
w/o Ewell Hopkins
m/o 18 children
Her given name was Ella but her husband Ewell always called her Ellen because he liked it better.
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins 
   
Shelby Hopkins
 
Ewell Hopkins
04/18//1883 - 03/17/1965 age 82

h/o Ella (Ellen) Saylor Hopkins
only child of George C. & Vinia Brock Hopkins.
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins 
 
Shelby Hopkins
 
George C Hopkins
2/26/1859 - 12/9/1942 age 83
Son of ?? Graham and Elizabeth "Betsy" Hopkins
George was born in Tennessee

h/o  Vinia Brock Hopkins
f/o  Ewell Hopkins.
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins 

Shelby Hopkins
   
Gertrude Paul Hopkins
7/29/1910 - 02/19/1995 age 84
w/o Johnny Hopkins

daughter-in-law of Ewell & Ella “Ellen” Saylor Hopkins
Ronnie and Bernice Bates and Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins
 

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
   
Henry Hopkins
2/29/1916 - 12/11/1978 age 62
s/o Ewell & Ella “Ellen” Saylor Hopkins
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins 
  
Shelby Hopkins
 
Howard Hopkins
08/17/1924 - 07/25/1927 almost 3
s/o Ewell and Ella Saylor Hopkins 
died of brain fever from falling off the porch and injuring head
Shelby Hopkins   
Shelby Hopkins
 

Hopkins (infant)
01-20-1958 - 01-23-1958 3 days
Un-named infant daughter of Jessie & Pauline Baker Hopkins.  

Shelby Hopkins   
Shelby Hopkins
 
James (Jim)) Hopkins
02/13/1883 - 06/25/1964  age 81
Born Harlan Co, Ky Died Lincoln Co, Ky
h/o Rosa Davis Hopkins
s/o Joseph and Elizabeth Brock Hopkins
Bob Graham
Shelby Hopkins 


Bob Graham


Shelby Hopkins
 
James Landon Hopkins "Father"
3/26/1888 - 8/14/1952 age 64

s/o Steve & Margaret Daugherty Hopkins
f/o Ollie Lee Hopkins
Ronnie and Bernice Bates and Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins 

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 
Jessie Hopkins
3/8/1926 - 12/9/1993 age 67

s/o Ewell & Ella “Ellen” Saylor Hopkins
h/o Pauline Baker Hopkins
His unnamed infant daughter buried beside him
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins 
 
Shelby Hopkins
 
John Hopkins
5/1/1899 - 8/17/1927
h/o Alpha hopkins
s/o Joseph & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins
5/1/1893 - 08/17/1927
h/o Alpha Hopkins 
f/o Reaba Reed and Irene Hopkins 
shot thru his leg by the Town Marshall the same day his brother, Leonard, was killed - died of typhoid fever
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins

Shelby Hopkins
 
John Hopkins
5/16/1918 - 11/3/1929 age 11
s/o James "Jim" & Rosetta Davis hopkins
grandson of Joe & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins.
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins
  
Shelby Hopkins
 

John Hopkins Jr.
11-10-1940 - 11-10-1940  
Stillborn son of Johnny & Thelma Manning Hopkins
grandson of Ewell & Ella Saylor Hopkins.  

Shelby Hopkins  
Shelby Hopkins

Johnny Hopkins
11-09-1919 - 09-28-2009 age 89
s/o  Ewell & Ella Saylor Hopkins
h/o Gertrude Paul Hopkins

Ronnie and Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group
 
Shelby Hopkins

Joseph (Joe) Hopkins
05/27/1856 - 04/15/1933  age 76
born Tennessee Died Lincoln Co, Ky

h/o Elizabeth Brock Hopkins
s/o George & Elizabeth Saylor Hopkins
f/o 12 children
brother-in-law and first cousin  to George C. Hopkins
Joe’s father and George’s mother were brother and sister

Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins


Robbin Brown
 


Shelby Hopkins
 
Leonard Hopkins
6/10/1889 - 3/25/1917
s/o Joseph & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins
**shot & killed by Marshall James W Pointer - see Interior Journal artical dated 3/27/1917
s/o Joe and Elizabeth Brock Hopkins - Ambushed & killed on his way home from Crab Orchard by the Town Marshall.
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins
 
Shelby Hopkins
 

Malachi Hopkins
01-13-1876  - 07-10-1960 age 84
“Our Dad”  
s/o Joe & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins
f/o Matilda E. Allen

Shelby Hopkins  
Shelby Hopkins
 
Ollie Hopkins 
05/17/1922 - 06/1922 - 3 wks
infant dau of Ewell and Ella Saylor Hopkins 
only lived about three weeks - died of heart ailment
Shelby Hopkins  
Shelby Hopkins
 
Ollie Lee Hopkins
3/25/1930 - 1931 ten months
d/o James Landon and Rebecca Ann Becky Scharbrough Hopkins
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 
Phyllis Jean Hopkins
born and died 2/9/1953
Infant daughter of Raymond and Fannie Brock Hopkins
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 
Rachel Hopkins
08/31/1923 - 12/07/1923 - 3 mos.
d/o James “Jim“ & Rosa Davis Hopkins
granddau of Joe & Elizabeth Brock  Hopkins.         
Shelby Hopkins  
Shelby Hopkins
 
Reaba Hopkins 
03/23/1918 - 07/01/1920
d/o Ewell and Ellen Saylor Hopkins 
age 2
Shelby Hopkins  
Shelby Hopkins
 
Rosa Davis Hopkins
10/31/1885 - 06/14/1948 age 63
w/o James "Jim" Hopkins
m/o John and Rachel Hopkins
Bob Graham
Shelby Hopkins


Bob Graham


Shelby Hopkins
 
Roy Hopkins
01/24/1905 - 09/19/1941 age 36
h/o
Etta Saylor
f/o 5 children
s/o Ewell & Ella Saylor Hopkins
Roy was killed by Jimmy Brock.  (Tombstone incorrectly says that Roy was born in 1906)
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins
  
Shelby Hopkins
 
Vinia Brock Hopkins
4/9/1866 - 8/29/1950 age 84
w/o George C Hopkins
m/o  Ewell Hopkins
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins
 
Shelby Hopkins
 
Albert Lear
8/28/1932 - 8/2/2000 age 67
s/o Tom & Snobie Hopkins Lear 

grandson of Ewell & Ella “Ellen” Saylor Hopkins
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins


Ronnie's Group


Shelby Hopkins
 
Howard Lear "Pop"
5/17/1937 - 9/3/1998  age 61

s/o Tom & Snobie Hopkins Lear.  
Grandson of Ewell & Ella “Ellen” Saylor Hopkins.  Howard’s body was cremated and part of his remains are buried here.
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins


Ronnie's Group


Shelby Hopkins
 
Snobie Lear
19 Dec 1912 - 07 Dec 1998 age 85
shares stone with Tom Lear
d/o Ewell & Ella "Ellen" Saylor Hopkins
wd/o Tom Lear
Mother of Howard & Albert Lear.  
Daughter of Ewell & Ella “Ellen” Saylor Hopkins.
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Carole French DiSanto
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 
Tom Lear
10/14/1906 - 01/14/1981 age 74
shares stone with Snobie Lear

h/o Snobie Hopkins Lear.  
f/o
Howard & Albert Lear 
Son-in-law of Ewell & Ella “Ellen” Saylor Hopkins.         
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins  

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 
William Maupin
Born: 4/19/1872 - Died: 7/17/1929 age 57
f/o Emma Maupin-Hopkins
Emma married Joe & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins‘ son,“Sollie” Ewell Hopkins.
Bob Graham
Shelby Hopkins  


Bob Graham


Shelby Hopkins
 
Ella Louise Mobley
07/05/1949 - 01/04/1951 age 2

d/o Brack Mobley
grand-daughter of Ella Nichols
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins  

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 

James Brack Mobley
0
4/30/1920   12-01-1968 age 48
s/o
Ella Brock Nichols
f/o Ella Louise Mobley

Shelby Hopkins
Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 
Ella "El" Brock Nichols
1899 - 08/29/1970 age 71

m/o Brack Mobley - her only child (by a marriage), and he’s buried here
sister of Ollie Brock and Jimmy Brock who are both buried here also. 
Robbin Brown
Shelby Hopkins  
  
Shelby Hopkins
 

Lily May Saylor Parker 
04/7/1940 - 11/09/2008 age 68
d/o
Jack and Blanche Hopkins Saylor
granddau of
Ewell & Ella Saylor Hopkins

Shelby Hopkins
Shelby Hopkins
   

Mary B. Payne
1881 - 11-29-1956 age 75

We’re not sure of this lady’s maiden name.  She had a son named George White (not sure if he carried his mother or father’s surname).  She later married Dave Grant and they had a daughter named Polly Grant.  Next she was married to Levi Brock and lastly to Bill Payne.  

Shelby Hopkins
Shelby Hopkins
   
Blanche Saylor
5/14/1914 - 23 Jul 2009 age 95
d/o Ewell & Ellen Saylor Hopkins
wd/o Jackson Saylor
m/o Fred, Mack, Walter, J. D., Ted and Lilly Saylor
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Carole French DiSanto
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
   

Cloyd Saylor 
08/23/1930 - 08/23/1930  (twin) 

Pronounced Claude.  Cloyd lived for 1 day.  Tombstone inscription is probably misspelled but that’s how it’s written on his death certificate.  Infant son of Jesse & Pearlie Saylor
Twin brother Clyde and brother Luther and sister Etta are buried here also

Shelby Hopkins   
Shelby Hopkins
 

Clyde Saylor
08/23/1930 - 11/13/1930  (2 1/2 months) (twin)  
s/o Jesse and Pearlie Saylor
Twin brother Cloyd, brother Luther and sister Etta Saylor buried here also

Shelby Hopkins   
Shelby Hopkins
 
Etta Saylor 
05/25/1921 - 05/25/1921
infant dau of Jesse and Pearlie Saylor
also buried here are brothers, Luther, Cloyd and Clyde 
Shelby Hopkins  
Shelby Hopkins
 
Fred Saylor
11/30/1933 - 11/13/1989 age 55
Beloved son, brother and uncle

s/o Jack & Blanche Hopkins Saylor.
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins  

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 

J. D. Saylor
11/30/1935 - 03/7/2007 age 71
s/o
Jack Saylor
brother to Fred, Mack & Walter Saylor

Shelby Hopkins
Shelby Hopkins
  
Jack Saylor
6/25/1904 - 10/9/1995
age 91  
h/o Blanche
Hopkins Saylor
son-in-law of Ewell & Ella “Ellen” Hopkins 
f/o  Fred, Walter, Jackie “Mack, J. D. Saylor
& Lily Saylor Parker.
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins    

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
  
Jackie "Mack" Saylor
11/5/1943 - 1/11/2004 age 60
s/o Jack & Blanche Hopkins Saylor
b
rother to Fred and Walter Saylor
grandson of Ewell & Ella “Ellen” Saylor Hopkins
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Carole French DiSanto
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
  

Lewis Wayne Saylor
07/21/1976 - 08/04/2008 age 32

Great grandson of Jack & Blanche Hopkins
Saylor

Shelby Hopkins   
Shelby Hopkins
  
Luther Saylor
02/27/1928 - 02/28/1928 2 days
Infant son of Jesse & Pearlie Saylor.  Sister Etta and brothers Cloyd and Clyde Saylor are buried here also.
Shelby Hopkins   
Shelby Hopkins
 
Ted Saylor
8/5/1949 - 15 Sep 2008 
s/o Jack & Blanche Hopkins Saylor
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Carole French DiSanto

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 
Walter Saylor
10/16/1938 - 3/13/2004
Beloved son - father
s/o Jack & Blance Hopkins Saylor
brother of Fred and Jackie “Mack” Saylor Grandson of Ewell & Ella “Ellen” Saylor Hopkins
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Carole French DiSanto
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 
Jess Shelton
12/06/1916 - 06/08/1939
s/o Larkin M and Eva Singleton Shelton 

Jess was killed in a car wreck just outside of Crab Orchard.  An old man backed out in front of Jess Shelton.  He backed completely into Jess’s lane and Jess couldn’t stop.  Jess died while lying in the road.  There wasn’t anything anyone could do to help him.  “Sollie” Ewell and his family were following behind Jess and witnessed the accident.  Bill Holmes was also injured quite severely in the accident, but lived.
Shelby Hopkins
Ronnie's Group
(this photo was previously listed as unidentified)

Shelby Hopkins
 
Ruby Shelton
born and died 7/26/1926
d/o John and Vinia Hopkins Shelton
granddau of Joe and Elizabeth Brock Hopkins
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 
Gary Lee Todd
born and died 04/18/1947

Stillborn son of Ada and Merla “Merlie” Shelton Todd
Great-grandson of Joe & Elizabeth Brock Hopkins
Ronnie & Bernice Bates, Ron Terry
Shelby Hopkins

Ronnie's Group

Shelby Hopkins
 

Gladys Hopkins was the two year old daughter of Ewell and Ella Saylor Hopkins.  She died on August 5, 1912 and was buried 
at the Greenbrier Cemetery on down and across the road from the Hopkins Cemetery.  She has a tombstone 
at the Greenbrier Cemetery but we have purchased a tombstone for her identical to her 
baby brother and sisters’ stones and placed it in the Hopkins Cemetery in her memory.
   Shelby Hopkins

William Stephen "Steve" Hopkins born December 1863  died January 26, 1936.  Steve was the son of John W. and  
Elizabeth Sprinkle Hopkins and the husband of Margaret Daugherty; Maggie Collett; & Rachel Hatfield
 Steve was the father of:John Elbert Hopkins; James Landon Hopkins; George Hopkins; Andy Hopkins; Ardell Hopkins; 
Vergie Hopkins; Martha Hopkins; Elmer Hopkins; Herman Hopkins.  Submitted by Shelby Roy Hopkins

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