Mary Claire Cofer Hall

2010-09-16 / Obituaries

Funeral services for Mary Claire Cofer Hall, 83, of Augusta were held Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at Lord and Stephens Oglethorpe Chapel, with Rev. Dr. O.C. Dean officiating. Interment was in Sunset Cemetery, Maxeys. She died Sunday, September 12, at Doctors Hospital in Augusta.

Mrs. Hall was a native of Washington Wilkes, and was the daughter of the late Joseph Russell and Blanche Smith Cofer. She was a graduate of the University of Georgia, and was the widow of William Lee Hall. She was a member of Center United Methodist Church, and Cherokee Corner United Methodist Church and was a member for 38 years at Trinity on the Hill United Methodist Church in Augusta where she served on the Altar Guild and the wedding committee. She was a self-taught artist, painter and crafter. She was a member of the Maxeys Homemakers Club, and the Garden Club of Augusta.

Survivors include her children, Deborah Hall Loftiss, Thomasville, Barbara Hall Powell and her husband Danny of Lincolnton, and Russell Hall and his wife Sarah of Macon; and five grandchildren, Allison Ellis, Emily Loftiss, Rosemary Hall, Wesley Hall, and Cofer Hall.

Lord and Stephens Funeral Home Oglethorpe Chapel was in charge of arrangements.

Linda Lucas Hopkins

Linda Lucas Hopkins

2010-09-16 / Obituaries

Graveside services for Li

Linda Lucas Hopkins

2010-09-16 / Obituaries

Graveside services for Linda Lucas Hopkins, 66, of Lexington Avenue, Washington were held Sunday, September 12, 2010, in Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, with Rev. Sid Hopkins and Rev. Stacey Rushing officiating. She died Thursday, September 9, at Tranquility Hospice in Austell.

Mrs. Hopkins was a native of Washington and was the daughter of the late Cicero Lucas and Dicye Hendry Lucas. She was a graduate of Duke University and a medical technologist at Wills Memorial Hospital for several years. She had retired from Wellstar Health Care Systems of Marietta. She was a member of the Washington Presbyterian Church, and Kettle Creek Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution..

Survivors include her husband, Bill Hopkins Jr. of Washington; a son, Bill Hopkins III, and his wife Lori, of Thomson; three sisters, Bootsie Averette of Hephzibah, Jean Cowart of Marietta, and Mildred Hackney of Washington; a brother, Cicero Lucas of Athens; and two grandchildren, Savannah Hopkins and Lucas Hopkins, of Thomson.

Pallbearers included Ro Lucas, Alan Cowart, Joe Averette, Jerry Hackney, Jeff Hackney, and Jim Hackney.

Memorial contributions may be made to Tranquility Hospice, 4040 Hospital West Drive, Austell, GA 30106.

Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington nda Lucas Hopkins, 66, of Lexington Avenue, Washington were held Sunday, September 12, 2010, in Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, with Rev. Sid Hopkins and Rev. Stacey Rushing officiating. She died Thursday, September 9, at Tranquility Hospice in Austell.

Mrs. Hopkins was a native of Washington and was the daughter of the late Cicero Lucas and Dicye Hendry Lucas. She was a graduate of Duke University and a medical technologist at Wills Memorial Hospital for several years. She had retired from Wellstar Health Care Systems of Marietta. She was a member of the Washington Presbyterian Church, and Kettle Creek Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution..

Survivors include her husband, Bill Hopkins Jr. of Washington; a son, Bill Hopkins III, and his wife Lori, of Thomson; three sisters, Bootsie Averette of Hephzibah, Jean Cowart of Marietta, and Mildred Hackney of Washington; a brother, Cicero Lucas of Athens; and two grandchildren, Savannah Hopkins and Lucas Hopkins, of Thomson.

Pallbearers included Ro Lucas, Alan Cowart, Joe Averette, Jerry Hackney, Jeff Hackney, and Jim Hackney.

Memorial contributions may be made to Tranquility Hospice, 4040 Hospital West Drive, Austell, GA 30106.

Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington 

Karen Prater Robinson

2010-09-16 / Obituaries

Karen Prater Robinson, 52, of School Street, Lincolnton, died Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at her home. Private graveside services were held at Goshen Baptist Church Cemetery.

Miss Robinson was born in South Carolina, and spent her childhood in Warrenton, Washington, Blue Ridge, and Lincolnton during her father’s career in education After graduation from the University of Albuquerque with a degree in computer programming, she served in the U.S. Navy in Maine, and later moved to Stockton California. It was just recently that she moved back to Lincolnton to be near family and friends. Her father, Jerry L. Robinson, died earlier this year.

Survivors include her mother, Kathryn Prater “Kay” Robinson, Washington; a brother, Louis Robinson, Lincolnton; and a niece, Mia Robinson, Athens.

Pallbearers included Al Arthur, Mark Carter, Mark Guillebeau, Tutt Dunaway, Marcy Remsen, and Murray Remsen.

Memorials may be made to Goshen Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 716, Lincolnton, Ga. 30817, or the Lincoln County Humane Society, P.O. Box 577, Lincolnton, Ga. 30817.

Beggs Funeral Home of Lincolnton was in charge of arrangements.