Rural Thayer Man Is Killed in Crash
Special to The Sun
THAYER - A 23-year-old rural Thayer man was killed Saturday when the car he was driving crashed into a creek about 12:45 a.m. about nine miles southeast of Altoona on a Wilson County road.
Killed was Phillip R. Hopkins, 23, of R. 1, Thayer, Kansas Highway Patrol officers said the Hopkins car was southbound on the road when it slid broadside into a bridge and came to rest in the creek.
Hopkins was pronounced dead at the scene by Ralph Sumner, Wilson County coroner from Fredonia. The body was taken to the Knickerbocker - Timmons Funeral Home in Fredonia.
Hopkins was born on Aug. 25, 1952, in Guntersville, Ala., a son of Henry and Sue Hopkins. He is survived by his mother and by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Hopkins of Newport, Ark.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Love Funeral Home in Dalton, Ga. Burial will be in Dalton.
Obit - The Parsons Sun - Mon 05 Jan 1976
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Phillip R Hopkins
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Aug 1952
Death Date: 2 Jan 1976
SSN: 260881457
Enlistment Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 12 Nov 1969
Discharge Date: 12 Feb 1971
Page number: 1
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Obit, U.S. SSDI, U.S. SS Applications and Claims Index, Tombstone and Family Bible all give date of death as 03 Jan 1976.
Special to The Sun
THAYER - A 23-year-old rural Thayer man was killed Saturday when the car he was driving crashed into a creek about 12:45 a.m. about nine miles southeast of Altoona on a Wilson County road.
Killed was Phillip R. Hopkins, 23, of R. 1, Thayer, Kansas Highway Patrol officers said the Hopkins car was southbound on the road when it slid broadside into a bridge and came to rest in the creek.
Hopkins was pronounced dead at the scene by Ralph Sumner, Wilson County coroner from Fredonia. The body was taken to the Knickerbocker - Timmons Funeral Home in Fredonia.
Hopkins was born on Aug. 25, 1952, in Guntersville, Ala., a son of Henry and Sue Hopkins. He is survived by his mother and by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Hopkins of Newport, Ark.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Love Funeral Home in Dalton, Ga. Burial will be in Dalton.
Obit - The Parsons Sun - Mon 05 Jan 1976
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Phillip R Hopkins
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Aug 1952
Death Date: 2 Jan 1976
SSN: 260881457
Enlistment Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 12 Nov 1969
Discharge Date: 12 Feb 1971
Page number: 1
==========
Obit, U.S. SSDI, U.S. SS Applications and Claims Index, Tombstone and Family Bible all give date of death as 03 Jan 1976.
Rural Thayer Man Is Killed in Crash
Special to The Sun
THAYER - A 23-year-old rural Thayer man was killed Saturday when the car he was driving crashed into a creek about 12:45 a.m. about nine miles southeast of Altoona on a Wilson County road.
Killed was Phillip R. Hopkins, 23, of R. 1, Thayer, Kansas Highway Patrol officers said the Hopkins car was southbound on the road when it slid broadside into a bridge and came to rest in the creek.
Hopkins was pronounced dead at the scene by Ralph Sumner, Wilson County coroner from Fredonia. The body was taken to the Knickerbocker - Timmons Funeral Home in Fredonia.
Hopkins was born on Aug. 25, 1952, in Guntersville, Ala., a son of Henry and Sue Hopkins. He is survived by his mother and by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Hopkins of Newport, Ark.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Love Funeral Home in Dalton, Ga. Burial will be in Dalton.
Obit - The Parsons Sun - Mon 05 Jan 1976
==
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Phillip R Hopkins
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Aug 1952
Death Date: 2 Jan 1976
SSN: 260881457
Enlistment Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 12 Nov 1969
Discharge Date: 12 Feb 1971
Page number: 1
==========
Obit, U.S. SSDI, U.S. SS Applications and Claims Index, Tombstone and Family Bible all give date of death as 03 Jan 1976.
Special to The Sun
THAYER - A 23-year-old rural Thayer man was killed Saturday when the car he was driving crashed into a creek about 12:45 a.m. about nine miles southeast of Altoona on a Wilson County road.
Killed was Phillip R. Hopkins, 23, of R. 1, Thayer, Kansas Highway Patrol officers said the Hopkins car was southbound on the road when it slid broadside into a bridge and came to rest in the creek.
Hopkins was pronounced dead at the scene by Ralph Sumner, Wilson County coroner from Fredonia. The body was taken to the Knickerbocker - Timmons Funeral Home in Fredonia.
Hopkins was born on Aug. 25, 1952, in Guntersville, Ala., a son of Henry and Sue Hopkins. He is survived by his mother and by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Hopkins of Newport, Ark.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Love Funeral Home in Dalton, Ga. Burial will be in Dalton.
Obit - The Parsons Sun - Mon 05 Jan 1976
==
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Phillip R Hopkins
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Aug 1952
Death Date: 2 Jan 1976
SSN: 260881457
Enlistment Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 12 Nov 1969
Discharge Date: 12 Feb 1971
Page number: 1
==========
Obit, U.S. SSDI, U.S. SS Applications and Claims Index, Tombstone and Family Bible all give date of death as 03 Jan 1976.
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