1926
Fern
2012
Fern Pierce Hopson
February 18, 1926 — August 30, 2012
Mrs. Hopson passed away Thursday morning, August 30, 2012 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis.
She was native of the Pine Top community in Hardeman County, the daughter of the late Dude and Ollie Hatch Pierce. She graduated from Bolivar Central High School in 1944 where she was a star basketball player for the State Runner-Up Girl's Basketball team that year. She was know in newspaper articles about the team as "Sharp Shooter Pierce." That same year, she and her family moved to Memphis. On November 11, 1947, she married Mr. Richard Lee Hopson and they were married over 57 years before his death on January 6, 2005. Mrs. Hopson worked as a bookkeeper for Memphis Street Railway from 1944-47 and also operated the Singing Needles Uniform Repair Shop from 1977-81. Since that time, she has been a homemaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Hopson were charter members since 1951 of the St. Stephen Methodist Church in Memphis. She also was a member of the Eastern Star and Daughters of the Nile of the Masonic Order. She was President of the Parent-Teaches Association at Kingsbury Elementary School, member of the local Imperial Bowling Lanes city league and won several trophies and was runner-up in the city championship. She worked during World War II folding bandages for the wounded soliders and helping at the Military Hospital in Memphis.
She enjoyed dancing with her husband at many Al Chymia Shrine Temple galas and always enjoyed her times caring for her grandchildren and was a loving mother. Before her illnesses, she gave constantly of herself to care for her family and spent 21 years caring for her husband who had Parkinson's disease.
She leaves her son, Michael Hopson and his wife, Sharon, of Memphis; a grandson, Jeremy Hopson of Memphis, a granddaughter, Jennifer Hopson and her spouse, Mikell Lucas, of Nashville; a step-grandson, Tyler Henson and his wife, Tasha, of Tuscumbia, Alabama; and a great-grandson, Jordan; five nieces, Karen Wright, Sue Caldwell, Elizabeth Norris, JoAnn Adcox and Marye Beth Naujokas; and a nephew, Roger Wright, and a brother-in-law, Bud Barton.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Sarah Jenkins and her husband, Samuel and Sue Barton; a brother and his wife, Dean and Dessie Pierce; two nephews, Blake Barton and Richard Wright; and a niece, Diane Lowery.
She was native of the Pine Top community in Hardeman County, the daughter of the late Dude and Ollie Hatch Pierce. She graduated from Bolivar Central High School in 1944 where she was a star basketball player for the State Runner-Up Girl's Basketball team that year. She was know in newspaper articles about the team as "Sharp Shooter Pierce." That same year, she and her family moved to Memphis. On November 11, 1947, she married Mr. Richard Lee Hopson and they were married over 57 years before his death on January 6, 2005. Mrs. Hopson worked as a bookkeeper for Memphis Street Railway from 1944-47 and also operated the Singing Needles Uniform Repair Shop from 1977-81. Since that time, she has been a homemaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Hopson were charter members since 1951 of the St. Stephen Methodist Church in Memphis. She also was a member of the Eastern Star and Daughters of the Nile of the Masonic Order. She was President of the Parent-Teaches Association at Kingsbury Elementary School, member of the local Imperial Bowling Lanes city league and won several trophies and was runner-up in the city championship. She worked during World War II folding bandages for the wounded soliders and helping at the Military Hospital in Memphis.
She enjoyed dancing with her husband at many Al Chymia Shrine Temple galas and always enjoyed her times caring for her grandchildren and was a loving mother. Before her illnesses, she gave constantly of herself to care for her family and spent 21 years caring for her husband who had Parkinson's disease.
She leaves her son, Michael Hopson and his wife, Sharon, of Memphis; a grandson, Jeremy Hopson of Memphis, a granddaughter, Jennifer Hopson and her spouse, Mikell Lucas, of Nashville; a step-grandson, Tyler Henson and his wife, Tasha, of Tuscumbia, Alabama; and a great-grandson, Jordan; five nieces, Karen Wright, Sue Caldwell, Elizabeth Norris, JoAnn Adcox and Marye Beth Naujokas; and a nephew, Roger Wright, and a brother-in-law, Bud Barton.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Sarah Jenkins and her husband, Samuel and Sue Barton; a brother and his wife, Dean and Dessie Pierce; two nephews, Blake Barton and Richard Wright; and a niece, Diane Lowery.
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