Bobby Earle Hopwood

BOBBY EARLE HOPWOOD--Funeral services for Bobby Earle Hopwood, 66, will be held on Saturday, January 8, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., at Curtis and Son Funeral Home North Chapel, Sylacauga, AL. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, in Sylacauga, AL. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, January 7, 2011, at Curtis and Son Funeral Home North Chapel in Sylacauga, AL.

Mr. Hopwood was born on June 18, 1944, and went to be with his Lord on January 4, 2011. He was a veteran of the United States Army, a member of Marble City Baptist Church, and a member of Coosa Valley Masonic Lodge #929. He was self-employed for many years as a welder, and in later years as the owner of Broadway Pawn Shop. He was a fiercely devoted husband, father, provider, neighbor, and friend to those he leaves behind, as he strove to put others before himself and live a life that was pleasing to the Lord.

Mr. Hopwood is survived by his wife of 43 years, Linda Davis Hopwood of Sylacauga, AL, daughter Tracie Hopwood of Birmingham, AL, son Bobby Lee Hopwood and wife, Rose Ann of Dallas, TX, sister and husband Tammy and Perry of St. Petersburg, FL, and nephew David Bennett; aunt Martha Gore of Gastonia, NC; cousins Wayne Smith and Lee Ann Sketoe of Birmingham, AL; sister-in-law and husband, Joyce and Jim Heigl of Sylacauga, AL; niece and family, Jessica and Lamar (Bull) Houston, and children Macie, Maegan and Blake; as well as several close friends and neighbors.

Pallbearers will be Ray Raines, Alan Giddens, Neal Harris, Chuck Barnett, Bill Sanders, and Tommy Bassett.

The family welcomes flowers or donations made in Mr. Hopwood’s memory to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association.

“I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God.” (Ecclesiastes 3:10-13)

Arrangements under the direction of Curtis and Son Funeral Home North Chapel, Sylacauga, AL.