LOUISE HOPPER Mary Louise Moore Hopper, age 85, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 25, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Brian Adkins officiating. The private family interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, November 27, 2013, one hour prior to the service at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Mrs. Hopper was born December 22, 1927, in Caledonia, MS, to the late Thomas Filmore and Mary Julia Mattison Moore. She was an active member of the Church of Christ and attended the Hwy 69 location since 1968. Mrs. Hopper was a homemaker and also worked as a decorator alongside her husband in building and contracting. For several years she was also the decorator at Hopper, Inc. Building and Decorating Center in Columbus, MS. Mrs. Hopper devoted her time to her church, family, friends, and civic work. She donated 7000 hours as a Pink Lady in the Gift Shop of Baptist Memorial Hospital. Beside her role as mother, she enjoyed her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren immensly. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J. B. Hopper and son, Ronald Ray Hopper. Survivors include her son, Johnny Terrill "Terry" Hopper and his wife Dorothy Sutton of Columbus, MS, daughter, Patricia Hopper "Pat" Locke of Columbus, MS, son, Timothy "Tim" Wayne Hopper of Goshen, AL, daughter-in-law, "Patricia" Harris Hopper of Columbus, MS, sisters, "Clay" Moore Cork of Florence, AL, and "Maxine" Moore Hancock of McCalla, AL, grandchildren, James "Jim" Terrill Hopper and his wife Andrea of Byram, MS, "Lee" Holland Hopper and his wife Lisa of Columbus, MS, Stephanie "Michelle" Hopper Beasley and her husband Damon of Caledonia, MS, Angela Christine "Christy" Hopper of Cincinnati, OH, Catherine Delaney "Lane" Locke of Columbus, MS, Mathew "Brandon" Hopper of Columbus, MS, Victoria Danielle "Tori" Brents of Columbus, MS, "Anna" Blair Seawright of West Point, MS, and Katelyn Elizabeth "Katie" Hopper of Columbus, MS, and great grandchildren, "Brantley" Ford Hopper of Byram, MS, "Blaine" Joseph Shea Stockdale of Columbus, MS, "Jackson" Holland Hopper of Columbus, MS, "Anna" Elizabeth Hopper of Columbus, MS, "Macy" Christian Beasley of Caledonia, MS, "Logan" Matthew Beasley of Caledonia, MS, "Isaac" Gavin Wynne of Cincinnati, OH, "Noah" Ethan Wynne of Cincinnati, OH, "Veronica" Christine Wynne of Cincinnati, OH, "Eliah" Zachary Wynne of Cincinnati, OH, "Justice" Lee Oglesby of Columbus, MS, "London" Christopher Oglesby of Columbus, MS, "McKinley" Cruz Brents of Columbus, MS, "Harlow" Davis Brents of Columbus, MS, and "Ella" Gray Seawright of West Point, MS. Memorials may be made to the Sunnybrook Children's Home, P.O. Box 4871, Jackson, MS, 39296, or the American Cancer Society, 1380 Livingston Lane, Jackson, MS, 39213.
