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Annie Mae Trotter Hoppers, age 86, of Monticello, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at Monticello Healthcare Center in Monticello, AR. She was born on December 11, 1923, in Crawford, Texas to the late John Jefferson Trotter and Gladys House Trotter. She was preceded in death by a sister, Frances Marie Trotter Hoppers.
After relocating to Monticello as a young girl, her parents worked as sharecroppers on the Kimbrough Farm. She attended grades 1-9 at the Myhand School. Once the Myhand School merged with the Monticello School, transportation was a problem and she could no longer attend school. After working on the farm, a tomato canning factory, a cotton mill, and various other jobs, Annie went to Jacksonville, Arkansas, at age 20 where she worked as a civilian on the front during World War II at the Jacksonville Defense plant. During this time, she began a correspondence with her future husband, Reverend Leslie Wayne Hoppers, while he was in the U.S. Marine Corp in the Pacific Islands. After Reverend Hoppers returned to the States, he and Annie were married in Oakland, California on June 2, 1945. After Reverend Hoppers received his honorable discharge from the military, the Hoppers family returned to Arkansas.
Annie was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Monticello. In her younger years as a pastor’s wife, she enjoyed singing and playing her guitar during church services.
Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Reverend Leslie Wayne Hoppers of Monticello; her son, Phillip David Hoppers and Diana of Pine Bluff, AR; her daughter, Linda Ann Naron and Boyd of Monticello, AR; and her daughter, Sharon Marie Barnes and Mark of Naples, FL; four wonderful grandsons, Phillip David Hoppers II of Pine Bluff, AR; Christopher Alan Groves of Richmondville, NY; Jody Lynn Groves of Miami Shores, FL; and Michael Todd Hoppers of Frisco, TX; one special granddaughter, Lindsay Michele Canfield of Indianapolis, IN; and four sweet great-granddaughters, Karre Leigh Hoppers and Kinsley Breez Hoppers of Frisco, TX, Samantha Bowers of Pine Bluff, AR, and Sylvia Jane Canfield of Indianapolis, IN, and three wonderful great-grandsons, Clayton Bowers and Benjamin Bowers of Pine Bluff, AR and Dawson Reddin of Frisco, TX. To her family, she will be affectionately remembered as "Mom", "Mamaw" or, "NeNe"; she is also survived by two brothers, Carroll Preston Trotter of Wilmar and Rev. John David Trotter of Ruston, LA; and two sisters, Rachel Naomi Holland and Mary Elizabeth Corbell, both of Stephenville, TX.
After relocating to Monticello as a young girl, her parents worked as sharecroppers on the Kimbrough Farm. She attended grades 1-9 at the Myhand School. Once the Myhand School merged with the Monticello School, transportation was a problem and she could no longer attend school. After working on the farm, a tomato canning factory, a cotton mill, and various other jobs, Annie went to Jacksonville, Arkansas, at age 20 where she worked as a civilian on the front during World War II at the Jacksonville Defense plant. During this time, she began a correspondence with her future husband, Reverend Leslie Wayne Hoppers, while he was in the U.S. Marine Corp in the Pacific Islands. After Reverend Hoppers returned to the States, he and Annie were married in Oakland, California on June 2, 1945. After Reverend Hoppers received his honorable discharge from the military, the Hoppers family returned to Arkansas.
Annie was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Monticello. In her younger years as a pastor’s wife, she enjoyed singing and playing her guitar during church services.
Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Reverend Leslie Wayne Hoppers of Monticello; her son, Phillip David Hoppers and Diana of Pine Bluff, AR; her daughter, Linda Ann Naron and Boyd of Monticello, AR; and her daughter, Sharon Marie Barnes and Mark of Naples, FL; four wonderful grandsons, Phillip David Hoppers II of Pine Bluff, AR; Christopher Alan Groves of Richmondville, NY; Jody Lynn Groves of Miami Shores, FL; and Michael Todd Hoppers of Frisco, TX; one special granddaughter, Lindsay Michele Canfield of Indianapolis, IN; and four sweet great-granddaughters, Karre Leigh Hoppers and Kinsley Breez Hoppers of Frisco, TX, Samantha Bowers of Pine Bluff, AR, and Sylvia Jane Canfield of Indianapolis, IN, and three wonderful great-grandsons, Clayton Bowers and Benjamin Bowers of Pine Bluff, AR and Dawson Reddin of Frisco, TX. To her family, she will be affectionately remembered as "Mom", "Mamaw" or, "NeNe"; she is also survived by two brothers, Carroll Preston Trotter of Wilmar and Rev. John David Trotter of Ruston, LA; and two sisters, Rachel Naomi Holland and Mary Elizabeth Corbell, both of Stephenville, TX.