MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Stella Whitson Hopson, 16 Sep 2003 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- STELLA WHITSON HOPSON BAKERSVILLE - Stella Whitson Hopson, 87, of Lee Gouge Drive, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 at her home. She was the daughter of James and Texie Garland Whitson, and wife of the late Woodrow Gouge and Garrett Hopson. She was also preceded in death by a son, Harold Dean Gouge. Survivors include one sister, Belle Greene of Johnson City, TN; one brother, J.B. Whitson of Johnson City; two grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. Rev. Adam Brewer officiated. Burial was at 1 p.m. Friday in Gouge Cemetery. The family received friends from 6:30 until the service hour Thursday at the funeral home. Mitchell News-Journal 9/24/03 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com/ ___________________________________________________________________