Clara Hopkins Brown, 94 of Ft. Smith, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019. She was born July 23, 1925 in Cove City, AR to the late William and Katie Lee Bird Hopkins. She was a member of Goddard United Methodist Church, retired from Sears and she loved her family and her Maine Coon cat, Thomas R. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Leon Brown and her brother Clyde Hopkins.
Memorial Service will be 2:00 PM Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at Goddard United Methodist Church. Cremation is under the direction of Fentress Mortuary.
Clara is survived by her daughter, Brenda “Lee” Jessen of Pensacola, FL, two sons: Dennis Brown and his wife Zella of Tulsa, and Curtis Brown of Guthrie, OK, her sister Wilma Reed of Austin, TX and nephew David Reed also of Austin, TX and his son and daughter, one grandson, Brandon Farmer and his wife Tirzah, and two great- grandsons of Portland, WA.