Lillie Mae Hopkins Ball

By Staff
Feb. 7, 2009
Funeral for Lillie Mae Hopkins Ball, 81, of Athens, formerly of Somerville, was Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 1 p.m. at Center Springs United Methodist Church with pastor Sammy Brister officiating.
Burial was in the adjoining cemetery with Peck Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Ball died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, at Huntsville Hospital. She was a member of the Center Springs United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband’s, Robert P. Hopkins and Otto C. Ball; two sons, Joe Fred Hopkins and Robert Wayne Hopkins; and her parents, Elbert and Odessa Carter Hammack.
She is survived by two daughters, Maxine Maples Kilgore and husband Fred of Madison and Lynda Hopkins Ares and husband Mario of Huntsville; two sons, John Freeman Hopkins of Somerville and Robbie Hopkins and wife Traci of Trinity; a daughter-in-law, Cindy Hopkins of Somerville; two step-sons, Kenneth Ball and wife Betty and Larry Ball all of Athens; a step-daughter, Brenda Ferguson of Athens; three brothers, Billy Hammack of Somerville, W.C. Hammack of Albertville and Lonnie Hammack of Decatur; two sisters, Sharon Campbell of Trinity and Nita McClain of Somerville; nine grandchildren, Sherry Parrett, Holly Hopkins, Heather Lucas, Ashlee Hopkins, James Ryan Martinez, Ethan Hopkins, Jonathan Hopkins, Martina Ares and Alexandria Hopkins; eight great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were grandson, nephews and family friends.