Robert S. Hopkins

Age, 89, of Hopewell Community near Holton, In., died Monday, November 5, at the Manderley Health Care Center, Osgood. Born on July 7, 1912, in Maytown, Ky., he was the son of Willie Hopkins and Maggie Ratliff Hopkins. He was an employee of Arvin Industrial for 31 years. He was a member of the Hopewell Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Hall Hopkins. Other survivors include three sons, Johnny Hopkins and Larry Hopkins, both of Indianapolis, In., and Robert Hopkins Jr., of Encino, Calif.; one daughter, Carolyn Jones of Louisville; two sisters, Maxie Barricklow and Octavia Hopkins, both of Stuart, Fla.; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Thomas J. Hopkins and Willie Hopkins; two sisters, Nellie Barricklow, and Nettie Hopkins; one daughter, Phyllis Ann; and one grandson. Funeral services will be conducted at the Hopewell Baptist Church, at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, November 7, with Rev. Bill Mittendorf and Rev. David Shivers officiating. Burial will be in the Hopewell Cemetery near Holton, In., under the direction of Bovard Funeral Home, Versailles, In. Visitation was at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Hopewell Baptist Church or Cemetery.