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Documenting the Details

Photo: Lige Hopkins Family

December 2, 2021

Photo - Lige Hopkins Family
Front: Wade, Berl, John; Back: Lige, Leila Mae, Earl, Irene

About Wade

  • Full Name: Wade Waddell Hopkins
  • Birth: 11 March 1914, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Death: 12 November 1990, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Burial: Maretburg Cemetery, Maretburg, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Elijah F. Hopkins and Leila Mae Hunt
  • Spouse: Delcie Delora Dash

About Berl

  • Full Name: Berl Vollie Hopkins
  • Birth: 29 October 1915, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Death: 28 October 2008, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Burial: Maretburg Cemetery, Maretburg, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Elijah F. Hopkins and Leila Mae Hunt
  • Spouse: Anna Ruth Stanley

About John

  • Full Name: John Thomas Hopkins
  • Birth: 8 April 1917, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Death: 19 May 1990, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
  • Burial: Maretburg Cemetery, Maretburg, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Elijah F. Hopkins and Leila Mae Hunt
  • Spouse: Flora Blackburn

About Lige

  • Full Name: Elijah F. Hopkins
  • Birth: 8 August 1891, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky
  • Death: 14 May 1975, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Burial: Maretburg Cemetery, Maretburg, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: James Arton Hopkins and Lucinda Howard
  • Spouse: Leila Mae Hunt

About Leila Mae

  • Full Name: Leila Mae Hunt
  • Birth: 22 January 1890, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Death: 5 February 1970, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Burial: Maretburg Cemetery, Maretburg, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Frank Hunt and Nancy Chestnut
  • Spouse: Elijah F. Hopkins

About Earl

  • Full Name: Earl Paris Hopkins
  • Birth: 31 October 1920, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Death: 15 August 1980, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
  • Burial: Maretburg Cemetery, Maretburg, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Elijah F. Hopkins and Leila Mae Hunt
  • Spouse: Geraldine Carmack

About Irene

  • Full Name: Edith Irene Hopkins
  • Birth: 29 December 1922, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Death: 20 December 2008, Brodhead, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Burial: Maretburg Cemetery, Maretburg, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Elijah F. Hopkins and Leila Mae Hunt

About Photo

  • Location: Lige and Leila Mae’s home
  • Date: about 1926
  • Credit: From the photo collection of Pat Hopkins Howard

Relationships

  • Among Photo Subjects: Lige: husband of Leila Mae, father of the children; Leila Mae: wife of Lige, mother of the children; Wade, Berl, John, Earl, and Irene: siblings
  • To Author: Lige: great-uncle; Wade, Berl, John, Earl, and Irene: 1st cousins once removed

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Linda F. McCauley

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