Hopkins, T. Stewart, 80, a retired automobile dealer, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004 in the Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Wheeling, WV.
He was born in Wheeling August 2, 1923, the son of the late Col. E.B. Hopkins and Eleanor Stewart Hopkins.
He graduated from Linsly Military Institute in 1941 and attended the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ until he enlisted in the Army in 1943. He graduated from Officers Candidate School in Aberdeen, MD as a Second Lieutenant and served in the Army Ordnance in Panama for eighteen months during World War II. At his death, he held the rank of Major as a member of the Retired Reserve Officers Association.
Upon his discharge from the Army, he returned to Wheeling and joined his father in business at the Hopkins Motor Co., where he worked until his retirement.
Stewart was a member of Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church; an Emeritus member of the Progressive Bank Board; chairman of the House and Grounds of the Altenheim Home Board; the Short Circuit Club; and the Wheeling Country Club.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Mary Jane Holden Hopkins; three daughters, Elizabeth Ann Mullett and her husband, Jacob, of Morgantown, WV, Barbara Wright Hackler and her husband, Cullen, of Alpharetta, GA, and Mary Stewart McCoy and her husband, Rev. William McCoy, of New Wilmington, PA; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Eleanor Hopkins Whiteley and her husband, Grice, of Charlottsville, VA; and a brother, Budd Hopkins and his wife, Carol of New York City.
Friends will be received form 3-6 pm Thursday and also on Friday from 10 am until the time of services at 11am at the Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church, 905 National Rd., Wheeling with the Rev. Dr. George B. Kurtz III and the Rev. William McCoy officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling.
Memorial contributions may be made to Valley Hospice, 98 East Cove Av, Wheeling 26003, or to the Linsly School, Leatherwood Lane, Wheeling.
Arrangements by the McCoy-Altmeyer Funeral Home, 44-15th St., Wheeling.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.altmeyer.com.
Date: Friday, January 16, 2004
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church
Thank you so much for taking care of the family during this difficult time. You did a super job. May God bless you.
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Donna posted on 4/20/05
Dear Barbie, I moved from Hubbards Lane to Indiana in 1962.I have memories of your back yard play area that your father set up. I'll bet he didn't know that he built it for the whole neighborhood! When my beagle, Nibby, was attacked by Tassy, the Scott's dog from National Road, your dad tried to help her bleeding ear, but he could not catch her. I left Wheeling at the age of 12, but have found memories of your family and your amazing back yard where I lost my favorite garnet ring on the merry-go-round. Hope you are well. E-mail me if you get a chance. Sincerely, Punky