Obituary: Leonard Monroe Hopkins, 78, Cox’s Creek

Leonard Monroe Hopkins, 78, of Cox’s Creek, died Saturday, Feb. 01, 2014, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 10, 1935, in Louisville. He was a self-employed logger and saw mill operator and a former employee of Wood-Mosaic Company. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran serving in the Korea War and a member of Cox’s Creek Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mayme Fay Cook Hopkins; his parents, Guy Emory and Maudie Frances Hopkins; and one brother, David Hopkins.

He is survived by one daughter, Lisa (Charlie) Posey of Henderson; two sons, Terry Lynn (Sandy) Hopkins of Lexington and Michael Greg (Kimberly) Hopkins of Bardstown; two sisters, Mildred Richards and Sharon (Bobby) Larimore, both of Belmont; three brothers, Joseph Hopkins of Bullitt County, Richard (Sharon) Hopkins of Belmont, and Paul (Pam) Larimore of Bonnieville; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

The funeral is 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at the Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home in Bardstown with burial in the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery. Bro. Jim Bratcher will officiate.

Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, and 8:30-10 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at the funeral home.

Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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