Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Hopson, Arizaona W November 24, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  Nov 28, 2006
Arizona W. Hopson 





    Arizona Whitehead Hopson, 85, 6000 Highway 19E, Hampton, died Nov. 25 at 

her residence. 





    A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Isaac 

Taylor "Ike" and Cecie Hughes Whitehead. She was a retired employee in the 

dietary department of the Hillview Health Care Center. She was a member of the 

Pearce's Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, but attended Little Doe Free Will 

Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a son, Donnie Hopson; five 

sisters, Julie Miller, Celia Simerly, Nancy Jeanette Hill, Hattie Jane 

Whitehead and Virginia Kistner; and by seven brothers, Everett, Elmer, Henry 

Allen, William Earl, Frank Stewart, Clarence and John A. Whitehead. "Mrs. 

Hopson was the last surviving granddaughter of John and Nancy Snyder 

Whitehead." 





    Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Madlyn and Gary Smith, 

Elizabethton; a son and daughter-in-law, Garry and Carol Hopson, Hampton; 10 

grandchildren, Melissa Orman, Garry "Shannon" Hopson, Rachel Tingle, Heather 

Garrison, Brian Hopson, Donna Hopson, Johnnie Wilson, Jessica Buckles, Trina 

and Belinda; 16 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. 





    Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Funeral 

Chapel with the Rev. Dave Morgan officiating. The eulogy will be given by 

Justin Buckles. Graveside service and interment will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in 

the Whitehead Cemetery. Music will be provided by the Pearce's Chapel Free 

Will Baptist Church Choir. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble 

at the funeral home at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, will be Rod Whitehead, Ed Miller, 

Jimmy Whitehead, John Garrison, Justin Buckles and Dillard Whitehead. Honorary 

pallbearers will be Herman Hill, Phillip Whitehead, Charlie Whitehead, Leslie 

Whitehead, Eddie Guinn, Sr., Eddie Guinn, Jr., Barney and Betty McKinney. The 

family would like to express a special "Thank You" to Adventa Hospice, Rod 

Whitehead, Maxine Hopson, Larry Smith, Dr. Jonathan Bremer, Sarah Whitehead, 

Herman Hill, friends and neighbors. The family will receive friends from 6-8 

p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence of a 

son and daughter-in-law, Garry and Carol Hopson, 150 Hopson Private Drive, 

Hampton. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 1:20 p.m. 

Wednesday to go to the cemetery. Online condolences to the Hopson family may 

be emailed to mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of the 

arrangements. 



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