Bert Elijah Hopkins passed away June 7, 2019 in Mabank. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 11 at McMillan-Satterwhite Funeral Home in Graham. Interment was in the Graceland Cemetery in Jermyn.

Mr. Hopkins was born April 23, 1928 in James and lived in Bryson for many years. He served in the U.S. Navy and was retired from the U.S. Army. Bert was a member of the Young County Masonic Lodge and the First Baptist Church in Bryson.

Survivors include his wife, Letha Hopkins; four sons, Bert D. Hopkins, Calvin Hopkins, Robert Hopkins and Anthony Salazar; four daughters, Donetta Duncan, Lenetta Bourque, Mary James and Tiffany (Holly) Franklin and many, many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Mr. Hopkins was preceded in death by three sons, John and Donnie Hopkins and Rickey Franklin and by two brothers, Herman and Henry Hopkins.