Reverend Bobby Dale Hopkins' Obituary
Bobby Hopkins, 75, died Monday, October 1, at his home in Linn Creek after a long battle with cancer. He was born in his grandmother’s home in Dunnegan, Missouri, on August 3, 1932, to John Mead Hopkins and Mary Hazel Larew Hopkins Ault. His father died when he was five and he went to live with his grandmother until his mother remarried and they moved to Nevada, Missouri. He was a member of the Nevada High School Class of 1950 and had an associate’s degree from State Fair Community College. Bobby worked fifteen years for Hallmark Cards, leaving to operate his own business in Osceola, Missouri. He was employed by the State Highway Department for five years until he heard God calling him into the ministry and he completed the Course of Study at St. Paul School of Theology. He pastored the churches of Bear Creek, Mt. Zion, Kidd’s Chapel and Rockville in St. Clair County; Buckley Chapel, Kirkley Chapel, Prairie Chapel and Ridgeway in Harrison County; Moundville, Bronaugh and Sheldon in Vernon County; Sweet Springs, St. Paul and Elmwood in Saline County; Gallatin and Altamont in Davies County; and two churches in Grundy County. He was active in Boy Scouts and was an honorary warrior in the Tribe of Micosay. Bobby was preceded in death by his father, mother and step-father, Elmer Ault; a daughter, Judith; and a son, Michael Alan. He is survived by his wife of fifty-one years, Sue, of the home; three sons, Dennis (Sheryl), of Blackwater, Missouri, Don (Peggy), of Belton, Missouri and Ron, of Linn Creek, Missouri; a daughter, Becky (Richard), of Kansas City, Missouri; a sister, Helen Redman, of Omaha, Nebraska; two granddaughters, Brittany and Jasmine Hutchinson, of Springfield, Missouri; four grandsons, Scott Hutchinson, of Springfield, Missouri, Zeke and Jay Hopkins, of Blackwater, Missouri, and Jakob Hopkins, of Alliance, Nebraska; as well as one great-grandson Isaiah Smith, of Springfield, Missouri. Bobby was a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather and great-grandfather. We celebrate his life and accomplishments and will treasure the wonderful memories he has created for his family and many dear friends. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 3, 2007, in the Linn Creek United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Bear Creek Cemetery, Osceloa, Missouri. Services are under the direction of Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Camdenton, Missouri. Memorials to the Linn Creek United Methodist Church or a charity of the donor's choice may be made through the funeral home.
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