Dr. Robert Lee Hopkins, Sr.

Dr. Robert Lee Hopkins, Sr., 63, of Blytheville, passed away from this life on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at the Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. He was born on May 18, 1953 in Dell to the late Alfred Hopkins and Pauline Whaley Hopkins of Blytheville. He was a self-employed painter and the pastor of St. Mark Full Gospel Church in Blytheville. He was also a Vietnam veteran of the US. Army.

In addition his father, he was preceded in death by one son, Derrick Clark and one brother, Alfred Hopkins, Jr..

Dr. Hopkins leaves behind his wife, Mary Henderson Hopkins of Blytheville;

Three daughters, Tekeysha Mosley of Blytheville, Lacandra and Joe Lewis, Jr. of Blytheville, and Tamara Cothran of Dallas, Texas;

Five sons, Pastor Larry and LaTonya Mosley of Osceola, Robert and Lisa Hopkins, Jr. of Blytheville, Pastor Scotty and Cyntwynet Hopkins, Antione Hopkins and Andre Chapman of Blytheville;

Five sisters, Vera and Willie James of Blytheville, Minnie and Emmanuel Johnson of Detroit, Mich., Annie Sanders of Blytheville, Mary Fair of Detroit, Mich. and Helen and George Langel of Blytheville;

Two brothers, Gerald and Regina Hopkins of Blytheville and James Hopkins of Blytheville;

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Twenty-one grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 1the First Missionary Baptist Church with Reverend Laddie Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Gethsemane Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Friday, October 14, 2016 at the Wilson Funeral Home in Blytheville.