Obituary: Thelma Lee Hoover Hopkins, Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Edith Ziegler; Extracted from The Tensas Gazette

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Thelma Lee Hoover Hopkins

Funeral services for Mrs. Thelma Lee Hoover Hopkins of 
Newellton were held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 15 at 
the First Baptist Church in Newellton with Reverend Fulton 
McGraw, Reverend Hugh Boswell and Father William Dennis 
officiating. Interment was in Legion Memorial Cemetery in 
Newellton Under the direction of Young's Funeral Home in 
Ferriday. 

Mrs. Hopkins was born on August 5, 1933 in Lake Providence, 
when she was six years old, her family moved to St. Joseph.  

She was along-time member of the First Baptist Church of 
Newellton. She retired after 39 years in the Tensas Parish 
School System as a Teacher, Administrator and Head Start 
Director. 

Mrs. Hopkins was a graduate of Joseph Moore Davidson High 
School in St. Joseph and of Northeast Louisiana University 
with a Master's degree in education and Reading Specialist 
degrees. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Teacher's 
Society, Newellton Garden Club, and was a Fidelis Sunday 
Class Teacher.

She is preceded in death by her parents Mr. and Mrs. David 
Avery Hoover. 

Mrs. Hopkins is survived by her husband of 49 years, Cecil 
W. Hopkins of Newellton; one daughter, Cecilia and husband 
Art Stevens of Newellton; two grandchildren, Crawford and 
Caroline Stevens; one sister, Sue Hoover Bennett of Baton 
Rouge; three brothers, Bill and Lois Hoover of Monroe, Dale 
and Jane Hoover, Sr. of Natchez, Mississippi, and Chester 
and Kathy Hoover also of Natchez, Mississippi; a sister-in-law 
Mernice Hopkins of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 

Pallbearers were Gary Hoover, Shane Debnam, Scott Prick, Dale 
Hoover, Jr., Stephen Hoover, Vaughn Harrington, Edgar Dixey, 
III and Ken Burnette. 

The family requests that in lieu of floral offerings, 
donations be made to the American Cancer Society - Breast 
Cancer Research or Delta Kappa Gamma Student Teacher 
Scholarship Fund, P. 0. Box 1792, Ferriday, Louisiana 71334.