2. | James Hopson (1.William1) was born on 15 Mar 1930 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; died on 28 Jun 2023 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; was buried in Perkins Cemetery, Carter County, Tennessee, . Notes:
ELIZABETHTON - James Hopson, 93, Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2023 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Avery County, North Carolina, he was a son of the late William & Callie Perkins Hopson. He had lived most of his life in Carter County. He was a retired employee of Tri State Container after 37 years of service. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Melissa Shell Hopson, by a daughter: Mary Millera; brother Mack Alvin Hopson and three half-brothers. James sang with the Grace Quartet for several years. He was a member of Borderview Christian Church.
Survivors include two daughters: Janice Hopson (Jimmy) Brewer and JoAnn Hopson (Jody) Crowe; three grandchildren: Jonathan (Diannie) Crowe, Jordan (Craig) Emmert and Christina (Jackie) Hodge; five great-grandchildren, and his four-legged buddy, “Jake”.
Funeral services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday in Memorial Funeral Chapel with Mr. Scott Fisher, Minister officiating. Graveside Service and Interment will be at 11 a.m. Friday, June 30, 2023 in the Perkins Cemetery (Upper Shell Creek), Roan Mountain. Music will be provided by Ray Don Markland and Scott Reynolds. Active pallbearers who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Friday will be; Wayne Shell, Jonathan Crowe, Mike Hopson, Dillard Whitehead, T.J. Crowe and Dexter Perkins. Honorary pallbearers will be his church family.
James married Melissa Eldora Shell about 1948. Melissa (daughter of Edward L. Shell and Belva "Belle" Miller) was born on 28 Jun 1929; died on 10 Nov 2008 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; was buried in Perkins Cemetery, Carter County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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- 3. Mary Belle Hopson was born on 13 Jan 1949 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; died on 7 Jul 2020 in , Carter County, Tennessee, .
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