Mrs. Dorothy Woodard Hopkins

Dorothy Woodard Hopkins was born in Blair, South Carolina to the late Thomas Edward Woodard and Rebecca Trapp Robinson Woodard. Mrs. Hopkins attended Chapel School in Blair, S.C., Winnsboro High School in Winnsboro, S.C., and Sims High School in Union, S.C.  At an early age, she joined Gethsemane Baptist Church in Blair, S. C. She was a former member of the Gethsemane Baptist Church choir. Mrs. Hopkins was married to the late George Hopkins of Blair, S. C. She was employed by Chester County Hospital in Chester, S.C., Wallace Thompson Hospital in Union, S.C., Tanglewood Nursing Home in Ridgeway, S.C. Survivors include one daughter, Georgia Gladney McNeal of Irmo, S.C., two sons, Jessie (Lorraine) Hopkins of Blair, S.C., Thomas Hopkins of Columbia, S. C.  and two nieces reared in the home Margaret Robinson and Jearline Seabrooks of Blair,S.C.; one son-in-law Johnnie Charles of Blair, S.C. three brothers, Clarence Woodard of Charlotte, N. C., Jessie Woodard  and Glenn Woodard of Blair, S.C. She is also survived by 6 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, a great-aunt  Flora Little of Charlotte, N.C. who is 107 years old, and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She has one devoted friend Mozell Feaster. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Dorothy “Kathy” Charles and son John Marion Hopkins. Funeral will be 1 pm (12 noon viewing) Wednesday March 22, 2017 @ Gethsemane Baptist Church in Blair, S.C. with burial in the Church Cemetery. Visitation will be 2 pm to 7 pm Tuesday March 21, 2017 @ Russell-McCutchen Funeral Home, 324 S. Vanderhorst St. Winnsboro, S.C 29180.

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