Newport News City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hopkins, William A., 1971 

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WILLIAM A. HOPKINS 

  NEWPORT NEWS -- A funeral service for William Addison Hopkins, 67, of 541 
Hallmark Drive, formerly of Suffolk, was conducted at the graveside in 
Peninsula Memorial Park at 2 p.m. Wednesday. 

  He was head of the engineering department of Virginia Electric and Power 
Company, Suffolk, for several years and was an active member of Main Street 
United Methodist Church.  A veteran of World War II, he was retired district 
superintendent of the Alleghany District of Vepco and was a retired U.S. Air 
Force Reserve Major. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Susie Roberts Hopkins; a son, William Roberts 
Hopkins of Martinsville; two brothers, Maury L. Hopkins of Atlanta, Ga., and 
Frayser Hopkins of Richmond; and a sister, Mrs. James Conway of Richmond. 


William Addison HOPKINS [Jr.], retired from VEPCO, WW-II veteran, 
b. 13 Sep 1903, Lynchburg, d. 1 Mar 1971, Newport News, 
interred in Peninsula Memorial Park*, Newport News, 3 Mar 1971, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 49, No. 56, Sun., Mar. 7, 1971, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Centner - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110866523. 

D.Cert. 71-007118 gives son of William A. & Bessie (VEST) HOPKINS. 

The Newport News M.Reg. (1929 #149) gives son of William Addison & Bessie 
   (FRAYSER) HOPKINS. 


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