Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Obituaries
Submitted by Edith Ziegler, JAN 2004

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Della Irene Hopkins

     Services for Mrs. Della Irene Hopkins, 89, of Waterproof, 
were held October 24, 2003, at the First United Pentecostal 
Church of Ferriday. Interment was in Monclova Cemetery in 
Waterproof.

     Mrs. Hopkins died on October 22, 2003 in Ferriday.  She 
was born July 22, 1914 in Quitman to James Henry and Lilla 
Victoria Darnell.

     She was preceded in death by her parents; two grand-
children, Gary Shearer and Blane Hopkins; and a son-in-
law Buddy Raley.

     Surviving are her husband, Harvey Hopkins of Waterproof; 
three sons, J. E. Hopkins of Waterproof, Phillip and Laney 
Hopkins both of Mendenhall, Mississippi; seven daughters, 
JoAn Raley of Enterprise, Alabama, Patsy Shearer of Vidalia, 
Sheryl Abernathy of Mendenhall, Mississippi, Nelda Rabb of 
Ridgecrest, Pam Norwood of Waterproof, Karen Owens of 
New Hebron and LaDean McDaniel of St. Joseph; twenty 
one grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.