Ms. Linda Clark Hopkins, age 71, of Douglasville, Georgia, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2020. She was born December 29, 1948 in Long Island, New York. She grew up in Atlanta and was a graduate of Headland High School. After graduation, she applied to the Atlanta Police Department and was one of the first females to serve Atlanta – in a skirt, back in the day. She lived a simple life. She loved spending time with her friends, especially making road trips to Biloxi to play the tables. Ms. Hopkins was an avid reader and was a big fan of the true crime genre.
Ms. Hopkins was preceded in death by her parents, James and Giavanna Clark.
She is survived by her daughter, Angela Scutaro; daughter-in-law, Jennifer Grantham; her brother and sister-in-law, James and Denise Clark; sister-in-law, Peggy Koon; her caregiver, Donna Sorrels; and numerous relatives in New York.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 from 10:00 AM until 12:00 Noon. The funeral service will follow at 12:00 in the Rosehaven Chapel. She will be laid to rest at Forest Hills Memorial Gardens, Forest Park, Georgia.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in memory of Linda Hopkins to the Georgia Chapter, ALS Association, Plaza 400, 5881 Glenridge Drive, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 30328. Their website is webga.alsa.org.
Please take time to leave condolences with the family or share memories of Ms. Hopkins by visiting www.whitleygarner.com
Services have been entrusted to the care of Whitley-Garner at Rosehaven Funeral Home, 8640 Rose Avenue, Douglasville, Georgia 30134
