Etta Deese Kirk Hopkins
b. Feb. 3, 1888
d. Feb. 25, 1982
Etta Deese Kirk Hopkins is the daughter of John Calvin Deese and Louvena Huneycutt. She was twice married; first to Emanuel Leech Kirk and second to Alsey Oscar Hopkins. Etta and Emanuel were the parents of three daughters and two sons. No children were born to the second marriage. 1
Etta Deese Kirk Hopkins is buried in the Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Stanly County, North Carolina. The death year on the tombstone above is in error. NC Death certificate, SS Death Index and Obituary all show year of death as 1982. 2 3
Etta Deese Kirk Hopkins is my Grand Aunt.
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[1] 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0019, Page 1A/59(stamped); Line 15, Dwelling 4, Family 4, Household of Sarah E. HONEYCUT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 28 May 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1523.
[2] Mrs. Etta Deese Kirk Hopkins obituary, The Stanly News & Press, Albemarle, North Carolina, 2 March 1982, Page 5A.
[3] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 March 2015); Memorial page for Etta Deese Kirk Hopkins; (3 February 1888–25 February 1982); Find a Grave memorial # 62256236, Citing Palestine Methodist Church Cemetery; Palestine, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA.
She was my Great Grandmother. She was married to my mother's grandfather when my mother was born. Etta Hopkins raised my mother.
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