Hopkins, Debra   
	
DIANA -- Funeral services for Debra Hopkins, 52, of Diana, will 
be 10 a.m. today, March 5, 2007, at First Baptist Church in 
Diana with the Rev. Gary May and the Rev. Mike Brittain 
officiating. Interment will follow in Ashland Cemetery. 
Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home 
in Diana. Debra passed away Thursday, March 1, 2007, in Longview. 
Debra was born September 30, 1954, in Hughes Springs to Joe 
Edward and Eugenia Watts Jones. She was a newspaper carrier for 
the Longview News-Journal. She married Jerry Hopkins on November 
30, 1988, in Texarkana. She was a member of Morton Baptist Church. 
Debra loved her children and grandchildren. She was the most 
loving mother and grandmother, faithful friend, wonderful daughter, 
sister, sister-in-law and aunt that God ever created. She was 
happiest when doing for others. She is survived by her mother, Jean 
Jones of Diana; brother and sister-in-law, Chris and Robin Jones of 
Diana; two daughters and son-in-law, Kristen and Michael Simmons of 
Diana and Teresa Loeza of Diana; two sons and daughter-in-law, 
Jordan Wootten of Tyler and Jerry Paul and Rosalie Hopkins of 
Texarkana. Debra also had eight very special grandchildren, Makayla 
and Logan Simmons, Kaylee, Jacey and Julia Loeza, Dylan and Rylan 
Hopkins and Britney Simons. Debra was preceded in death by her father, 
Joe Jones; brother, Terry Jones; and her soulmate and husband, Jerry 
Hopkins.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 3/5/2007.