BEE SPRINGS CEMETERY (N.E. 
of Elkton), GILES 
COUNTY, TENNESSEE
  HOPPER, Ruby (Jane Mitchell), 
(22 Mar) 1939 - (23 Dec) 2009. (Giles Co. native; d/o James Marion Francis "Jim" 
Mitchell (1896 - 1980) & Katie Lou Brooks Mitchell (1905 - 1969); w/o Albert 
Hopper from 11 Jan 1961 to 27 May 1983; Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home Funeral 
Marker. Grandmother.
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Obituary:
The following was published in The Elk Valley Times newspaper in Fayetteville, 
Tennessee.
Ruby Jane Hopper, 70, of Dellrose, died Wednesday (Dec. 23, 2009) at the 
Donalson Care Center. She was a native of Lincoln County, the daughter of the 
late James Marion Francis and Katie Lou Brooks Mitchell. She retired from Amana 
Corp. and a member of the Wheelerton Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, 
she was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Hopper; three sisters, Leona 
Beddingfield, Mamie Sanderson and Martha Christine Rose; four brothers, James M. 
Mitchell, Jr., Otis B. Mitchell, Jack Mitchell and Roy Mitchell. Survivors 
include a daughter, Nancy Phillips and husband, Richard, of Dellrose; two 
brothers, Joe Daniel Mitchell of Ardmore, Ala., and Jesse Mitchell of 
Hamptonville, N.C.; three grandchildren, Victoria Hopper, Brad Mitchell and 
Jesse Aron Phillips, all of Dellrose, and Richard Lee Phillips of Lewisburg; two 
great-grandsons, Triston and Cayden Mitchell of Dellrose. Funeral services were 
conducted on Monday in the chapel of the Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home with 
Bro. Joe Mitchell and Pastor Charles Mayo officiating. Burial followed in the 
Bee Springs Cemetery. Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Actual birth county was Giles County, Tennessee 
  
  Compiled by Trumpshallblow17@aol.com (Mary Bob McClain Richardson) To: 
  WayneAL1@aol.com (C. Wayne Austin) Sent: 3 Jul 2012.
  
  