Obituary: Rhoda Elizabeth Hopper, 96, Cox’s Creek
Rhoda Elizabeth Hopper, 96, of Cox’s Creek, died Tuesday, March 25, 2019, at her residence. She was born June 14, 1922, in Nelson County to the late James Asa and Sadie Elizabeth Owens Fulkerson. She was retired from Jim Beam Distillery after 29 years. She was a homemaker who loved to make quilts. She was a member of New Salem Baptist Church.
RHODA ELIZABETH HOPPER
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Hopper; one daughter, Shirley Kate Martin; three sisters, Mamie Bell Watkins, Emma Mudd, and Lillie Mae Raymond; and four brothers, Woody Fulkerson, J.C. Fulkerson, Asa Lee Fulkerson and Jesse Fulkerson.
She is survived by one daughter, Patsy (Jesse) Johnson of New Haven; one son, James Lee (Shirley) Hopper of Cox’s Creek; 15 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren; two great-great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral is 2 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2019, at the Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home in Bardstown, with her grandson James Marion “Possum” Hopper officiating. Burial is in the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2019, and after 9 a.m. Friday, March 29, 2019, at the funeral home.
The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Hospice of Nelson County.
The Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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