Velva Hopson

She was a member of Greystone Free Will Baptist Church.

She was a kind, gentle woman; small in stature, with a gigantic heart. She was loved by all who knew her. She loved her Lord, her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. They were the joy of her life. She had a servant’s heart and it showed in all she said and did. Never thinking of herself, she cared for her bedridden daughter, who suffered from Multiple Sclerosis, for 17 years.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law: Verna Geraldine and Roy Weems; grandchildren: Jamie Shetley, Pamela and Mike Karriker, Melissa and Shane Tweed, David and Becky Thompson; step grandchildren: Les and Angie Weems, Lynn and Lisa Weems, Gary Shetley and James Shetley; great grandchildren: Ryan Thompson, Daniel Shelton and Alex Shelton, Gracie, Madison, Isabelle, and Michael Sam Karriker; step great grandchildren: Katelyn Weems, Michael and Britney Campbell, Heather Shetley, and Jason Shetley, Chelsea and Trenton Tweed; special friends: Michael Kelley, Karen and Steven Stroud, Heather Treadway (her caregiver), Sharon Burgner, June Brown, Sherry Sauceman; sister: Ettie Hensley Carter of Washington County; numerous nieces and nephews; and her special nieces and spouses: Coleena and Billy Squib of Robstown, Texas, Patsy and Kyle Ripley of Charleston, South Carolina, Carolyn and Frank Roper of Jacksonville, Florida, Marie Gibson, and Pat Mercer.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years: Othor William Hopson; one daughter: Regina Shetley; an infant granddaughter: Lori Ann Fellers; parents: Landon and Delphia King; five sisters: Ester Roberts, Tennie Hensley, Ida Mae Evans, Lou Hammer, Sylvia Colston; five brothers: Orville, Clyde, Clinton, Ludie, and Franklin King; and her son-in-law: Walter James Shetley.

A special thanks is extended to the staffs of the east wing at Laughlin Health Care, Amedysis Hospice, and Laughlin Hospital 4 east.

The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home.

Following the visitation, a funeral service will be held at 8:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Roger Stocton officiating.

Interment will follow at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Greystone Cemetery. Family and friends are requested to meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home to go in procession to the committal service.

Her pallbearers will be Daniel McCaslin, Zahnnie McCaslin, Carson Wallin, Vernon Jennings, Calvin Hawkins, and Donnie Wright.

Her honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Joe Austin and nurse Vickie, Dr. Rodney Holladay, friends, and family.