James A. Hopkins
d. November 8, 2008
Date Died: November 08, 2008
Newark: James A. "Jim" Hopkins, 64, of Newark went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, November 8, 2008 in Fort Worth.
Services will be at 11 A.M. Wednesday, November 12th at Coker-Hawkins Funeral Chapel in Decatur with Reverend Greg Mohr officiating. Graveside service will be 3 p.m. Thursday, November 13th at the Hall Cemetery in Natural Dam, Arkansas.
Honorary Pallbearers for the Decatur service are Jim Alling, Alan Moore, Tom Burner, Rhett Rechenmacher, Jim Hickinbotham and Jim Tumlinson.
Pallbearers for the Arkansas service are Wayne Fields, Carroll Gene Hopkins, Junior Hopkins, Christopher Ornelas, Bud Pruitt, Carl Franklin and Jason Carter.
Jim was born November 8, 1944 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Andrew Cleburne and Mary Elizabeth Brown Hopkins. He married Billie Marie Painter on May 4, 1970 in Miami, Oklahoma. Jim, was a member The River Church, was an aircraft mechanic for American Airlines and prior to that he was a carpenter. He was a member of the Tulsa, Oklahoma Carpenter