Laverne Hopkins (1920 - 2006)

Born 17 Dec 1920 in New Albany, Union, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Laverne Hopkins is a part of US Black heritage.

Laverne Hopkins was born on 17 Dec 1920 in New Albany, Union, Mississippi, United States, son of Robert Hopkins and Eula (Patton) Hopkins.

He married Cordie Pegues (1921 - 1993) about 1941.

Laverne died on 24 Jul 2006 aged 85 and is buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Vanndale, Arkansas.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Social Security: "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007"
   Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007
   Ancestry Record 60901 #20476158 (accessed 4 August 2022)
   Name: Lavern Hopkins [Laverne Hopkins] [Lavurn Hopkins]; Gender: Male; Race: Black; Birth Date: 17 Dec 1920; Birth Place: New Albany, Mississippi; Death Date: 26 Jul 2006; Father: Robert Hopkins; Mother: Eula Patton; Notes: Nov 1948: Name listed as LAVERN HOPKINS; 20 Jan 1983: Name listed as LAVERNE HOPKINS; 19 Nov 1985: Name listed as LAVURN HOPKINS.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 05 August 2022, 00:12), entry for Laverne Hopkins (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GFS5-RYV ); contributed by various users.
• 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930"
  citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 4B, line 86, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1169; FHL microfilm 2,340,904.
  FamilySearch Record: X9MK-57X (accessed 4 August 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRC3-H44 Image number 00475
  Lauern Hapkins (9), single son, in household of Robert Hapkins (30) in Beat 3, Union, Mississippi, United States. Born in Mississippi.
• 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940"
  citing Affiliate Publication Number: T627; Line: 58;
  FamilySearch Record: VB3D-XDK (accessed 4 August 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9MR-J9CQ-2
  Lavern Hopkins (19), single son, in household of Robert Hopkins (40) in Beat 2, Union, Mississippi, United States.
• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Griggs, St Francis, Arkansas; Roll: 1576; Sheet Number: 16; Enumeration District: 62-19
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #31935890 (accessed 4 August 2022)
  Laverne Hopkins (29), married head of household in Griggs, St Francis, Arkansas, USA. Born in Mississippi.