Louis Edward Hoppe, son of August and Henrietta Bentman Hoppe, was born near Rossville, Georgia, January 15, 1893. He attended public school at Chattanooga and after completing High School was enrolled at Carson-Newman College. Later he was transferred to the University of Chattanooga where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received his theological training at the University of Chicago. Emory and Henry College conferred upon him the Doctor of Divinity degree.
At the age of fourteen Louis Hoppe united with the Baptist Church and five years later was ordained an elder in that denomination. At the session of the Holston Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held at Princeton, West Virginia in October 1919, Bishop Collins Denny presiding, he joined the Conference. His first appointment was Coalwood. West Virginia, in the Bluefield District, now a part of the West Virginia Conference. In addition to Coalwood he served Northfork, Gary, and Central Church in Knoxville. Ridgedale in Chattanooga. Sweetwater District, St. Andrews in Chattanooga, Abingdon District, Executive Secretary of the Inter-Board Council, First Church in Elizabethton, and Clapp's Chapel. He served on a number of boards and Committees, chairman of the Commission on Audit and Fiscal Matters, and chairman of the Conference College Committee. He was a member of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 1944 and 1948.
September 20. 1920 he was united in marriage with Miss Anah Taylor. To this union three children were born: Rudolph August who is a practicing physician; Edith, who is now Mrs. Phil Hicks; and John Charles, a chemist. His wife preceded him to the better world while he was pastor at St. Andrews Church in Chattanooga.
Dr. Hoppe was a man of strong convictions, was always ready to defend them. He knew 'the genius of the Methodist Church and believed that it had a service to render, and that service was a responsibility and a privilege which he shared with all Methodists. His contribution in the field of Missions and Church I'lxtension was outstanding. Under his able leadership as District Superintendent of the Chattanooga District, he inaugurated a greatly needed church building program. He also stressed the need "for missionary- giving which resulted in all the churches of the district accepting a missionary special in addition to their regular contributions to benevolences.
Dr. Hoppe was sensitive to sound and color; he saw beauty in its many manifestations. A short time before his translation, while in company with a dose friend, he stopped to point out beauty in what to most people would have been a commonplace countryside. He appreciated and often listened to the great masters in music whose best compositions were in his library.
On November 9, 1953, he presided at the regular meeting' of the Methodist ministers of the Knoxville District. Following the benediction, he complained of a severe headache and shortly afterward was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage and was rushed to a hospital. Early in the morning of November 10 this loyal servant of God entered into the joys of a greater existence, the realities of which he had preached so faithfully.
Funeral services were conducted by the writer and Rev. J. Woodford Stone on November 11, 195^, at the Fountain City Methodist Church. Interment was in the Memorial Park Cemetery at Chattanooga amidst the environment of his childhood and youth and where later some of his most effective ministry was served.
J. A. BAYS
Holston Conference Journal - 1955
At the age of fourteen Louis Hoppe united with the Baptist Church and five years later was ordained an elder in that denomination. At the session of the Holston Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held at Princeton, West Virginia in October 1919, Bishop Collins Denny presiding, he joined the Conference. His first appointment was Coalwood. West Virginia, in the Bluefield District, now a part of the West Virginia Conference. In addition to Coalwood he served Northfork, Gary, and Central Church in Knoxville. Ridgedale in Chattanooga. Sweetwater District, St. Andrews in Chattanooga, Abingdon District, Executive Secretary of the Inter-Board Council, First Church in Elizabethton, and Clapp's Chapel. He served on a number of boards and Committees, chairman of the Commission on Audit and Fiscal Matters, and chairman of the Conference College Committee. He was a member of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 1944 and 1948.
September 20. 1920 he was united in marriage with Miss Anah Taylor. To this union three children were born: Rudolph August who is a practicing physician; Edith, who is now Mrs. Phil Hicks; and John Charles, a chemist. His wife preceded him to the better world while he was pastor at St. Andrews Church in Chattanooga.
Dr. Hoppe was a man of strong convictions, was always ready to defend them. He knew 'the genius of the Methodist Church and believed that it had a service to render, and that service was a responsibility and a privilege which he shared with all Methodists. His contribution in the field of Missions and Church I'lxtension was outstanding. Under his able leadership as District Superintendent of the Chattanooga District, he inaugurated a greatly needed church building program. He also stressed the need "for missionary- giving which resulted in all the churches of the district accepting a missionary special in addition to their regular contributions to benevolences.
Dr. Hoppe was sensitive to sound and color; he saw beauty in its many manifestations. A short time before his translation, while in company with a dose friend, he stopped to point out beauty in what to most people would have been a commonplace countryside. He appreciated and often listened to the great masters in music whose best compositions were in his library.
On November 9, 1953, he presided at the regular meeting' of the Methodist ministers of the Knoxville District. Following the benediction, he complained of a severe headache and shortly afterward was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage and was rushed to a hospital. Early in the morning of November 10 this loyal servant of God entered into the joys of a greater existence, the realities of which he had preached so faithfully.
Funeral services were conducted by the writer and Rev. J. Woodford Stone on November 11, 195^, at the Fountain City Methodist Church. Interment was in the Memorial Park Cemetery at Chattanooga amidst the environment of his childhood and youth and where later some of his most effective ministry was served.
J. A. BAYS
Holston Conference Journal - 1955
Louis Edward Hoppe, son of August and Henrietta Bentman Hoppe, was born near Rossville, Georgia, January 15, 1893. He attended public school at Chattanooga and after completing High School was enrolled at Carson-Newman College. Later he was transferred to the University of Chattanooga where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received his theological training at the University of Chicago. Emory and Henry College conferred upon him the Doctor of Divinity degree.
At the age of fourteen Louis Hoppe united with the Baptist Church and five years later was ordained an elder in that denomination. At the session of the Holston Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held at Princeton, West Virginia in October 1919, Bishop Collins Denny presiding, he joined the Conference. His first appointment was Coalwood. West Virginia, in the Bluefield District, now a part of the West Virginia Conference. In addition to Coalwood he served Northfork, Gary, and Central Church in Knoxville. Ridgedale in Chattanooga. Sweetwater District, St. Andrews in Chattanooga, Abingdon District, Executive Secretary of the Inter-Board Council, First Church in Elizabethton, and Clapp's Chapel. He served on a number of boards and Committees, chairman of the Commission on Audit and Fiscal Matters, and chairman of the Conference College Committee. He was a member of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 1944 and 1948.
September 20. 1920 he was united in marriage with Miss Anah Taylor. To this union three children were born: Rudolph August who is a practicing physician; Edith, who is now Mrs. Phil Hicks; and John Charles, a chemist. His wife preceded him to the better world while he was pastor at St. Andrews Church in Chattanooga.
Dr. Hoppe was a man of strong convictions, was always ready to defend them. He knew 'the genius of the Methodist Church and believed that it had a service to render, and that service was a responsibility and a privilege which he shared with all Methodists. His contribution in the field of Missions and Church I'lxtension was outstanding. Under his able leadership as District Superintendent of the Chattanooga District, he inaugurated a greatly needed church building program. He also stressed the need "for missionary- giving which resulted in all the churches of the district accepting a missionary special in addition to their regular contributions to benevolences.
Dr. Hoppe was sensitive to sound and color; he saw beauty in its many manifestations. A short time before his translation, while in company with a dose friend, he stopped to point out beauty in what to most people would have been a commonplace countryside. He appreciated and often listened to the great masters in music whose best compositions were in his library.
On November 9, 1953, he presided at the regular meeting' of the Methodist ministers of the Knoxville District. Following the benediction, he complained of a severe headache and shortly afterward was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage and was rushed to a hospital. Early in the morning of November 10 this loyal servant of God entered into the joys of a greater existence, the realities of which he had preached so faithfully.
Funeral services were conducted by the writer and Rev. J. Woodford Stone on November 11, 195^, at the Fountain City Methodist Church. Interment was in the Memorial Park Cemetery at Chattanooga amidst the environment of his childhood and youth and where later some of his most effective ministry was served.
J. A. BAYS
Holston Conference Journal - 1955
At the age of fourteen Louis Hoppe united with the Baptist Church and five years later was ordained an elder in that denomination. At the session of the Holston Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held at Princeton, West Virginia in October 1919, Bishop Collins Denny presiding, he joined the Conference. His first appointment was Coalwood. West Virginia, in the Bluefield District, now a part of the West Virginia Conference. In addition to Coalwood he served Northfork, Gary, and Central Church in Knoxville. Ridgedale in Chattanooga. Sweetwater District, St. Andrews in Chattanooga, Abingdon District, Executive Secretary of the Inter-Board Council, First Church in Elizabethton, and Clapp's Chapel. He served on a number of boards and Committees, chairman of the Commission on Audit and Fiscal Matters, and chairman of the Conference College Committee. He was a member of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 1944 and 1948.
September 20. 1920 he was united in marriage with Miss Anah Taylor. To this union three children were born: Rudolph August who is a practicing physician; Edith, who is now Mrs. Phil Hicks; and John Charles, a chemist. His wife preceded him to the better world while he was pastor at St. Andrews Church in Chattanooga.
Dr. Hoppe was a man of strong convictions, was always ready to defend them. He knew 'the genius of the Methodist Church and believed that it had a service to render, and that service was a responsibility and a privilege which he shared with all Methodists. His contribution in the field of Missions and Church I'lxtension was outstanding. Under his able leadership as District Superintendent of the Chattanooga District, he inaugurated a greatly needed church building program. He also stressed the need "for missionary- giving which resulted in all the churches of the district accepting a missionary special in addition to their regular contributions to benevolences.
Dr. Hoppe was sensitive to sound and color; he saw beauty in its many manifestations. A short time before his translation, while in company with a dose friend, he stopped to point out beauty in what to most people would have been a commonplace countryside. He appreciated and often listened to the great masters in music whose best compositions were in his library.
On November 9, 1953, he presided at the regular meeting' of the Methodist ministers of the Knoxville District. Following the benediction, he complained of a severe headache and shortly afterward was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage and was rushed to a hospital. Early in the morning of November 10 this loyal servant of God entered into the joys of a greater existence, the realities of which he had preached so faithfully.
Funeral services were conducted by the writer and Rev. J. Woodford Stone on November 11, 195^, at the Fountain City Methodist Church. Interment was in the Memorial Park Cemetery at Chattanooga amidst the environment of his childhood and youth and where later some of his most effective ministry was served.
J. A. BAYS
Holston Conference Journal - 1955
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