Hopkins, Clara Bell 


Services for Clara Bell Hopkins, 90, of Hallsville, will be 2 
p.m. Monday, July 3, 2006, at Mulberry Springs Baptist Church, 
with the Rev. Danny Warbington, the Rev. Harry Lee Wilson, and 
Barnie W. Bunt officiating. Burial will follow in LaGrone Chapel 
Cemetery. Arrangements are by Welch Funeral Home. Mrs. Hopkins 
died June 29, 2006, at a local nursing facility. Born September 
3, 1915, in Harleton, she was a member of Mulberry Springs 
Baptist Church where she was a former Sunday school and vacation 
Bible school teacher. Survivors include her husband, Sidney 
Hopkins; daughters, Elizabeth Adkisson and Margaret Pope; and 
brother, Calvin Landers. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday, 
July 2, 2006, at the funeral home. An online registry may be 
signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the obituaries 
link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/1/2006. 

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Hopkins, Clara Bell 


Services for Clara Bell Hopkins, 90, of Hallsville, are scheduled 
for 2 p.m. Monday, July 3, 2006, at Mulberry Springs Baptist 
Church, with the Rev. Danny Warbington, the Rev. Harry Lee Wilson, 
and Barnie W. Bunt officiating. Burial will follow in LaGrone Chapel 
Cemetery, under the direction of Welch Funeral Home. Mrs. Hopkins 
passed away Thursday, June 29, 2006, at a local nursing home. Mrs. 
Hopkins was born September 3, 1915, in Harleton, to Gus and Eva Pope 
Landers. She enjoyed cooking for her family and friends and working 
with flowers. She was a member of Mulberry Springs Baptist Church 
where she was a former Sunday school and vacation Bible school 
teacher. She was preceded in death by a brother, James Landers; and 
sisters, Willie B. Drew, Bernice Emery, Louise Jones, and Gussie Fay 
Fraze. Left to cherish her memory is her husband of 72 years, Sidney 
Hopkins of Hallsville; daughters and son-in-law, Elizabeth Adkisson 
of Hallsville, and Margaret and Allen Pope of Harleton; brother and 
sister-in-law, Calvin and Carmen Landers of Richmond; sisters-in-law, 
Stella Landers of Hallsville, and Nina Hopkins of Longview; 
grandchildren and spouses, Cynthia and Terry Nolan, Julie and Rusty 
Parks, Dennis and Tricia Adkisson, and Laura and Marty Wright; 11 
great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and numerous 
relatives and friends. Memorial donations may be made to Mulberry 
Springs Baptist Church Landscaping Fund or to the charity of your 
choice. The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. Sunday afternoon, 
July 2, 2006, at the funeral home. An online registry may be signed at 
www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/2/2006.