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Hazel Rebecca Hopkins EdensPassed
July 10, 1919 – September 27, 1997
Family
- Parent: Charles “Charlie” J. Hopkins
- Parent: Birdie Emer Hopkins
- Spouse: Kermit Elijah Edens
- Married: August 1, 1935, Sneedville, Hancock County, Tennessee
- Child: Jewell Annette Ramsey
- Child: Lois Jean Suter
- Child: Loretta Kay Owens
- Child: Lowell Thomas Edens
- Child: Barry Marshall Edens
- Child: Boyce Bailey Edens
- Child: Leslie Darrell Edens Sr.
- Child: Alma Nadine Suter
- Child: Anita Carol Westrick
- Child: Barbara Lynn Woods
Brothers and sisters
Details
- Born: July 10, 1919, Sneedville, Hancock County, Tennessee
- Died: September 27, 1997, aged 78
- Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Milton, Kentucky
What we know
Mamaw. Mother of ten children.
Her birth date is settled: July 10, 1919 (headstone record). A family tree file said “circa 1916,” but the headstone age (78 at death in 1997) confirms 1919.
Her parents are Charles 'Charlie' J. Hopkins and Birdie Emer Hopkins -- confirmed by her sister Helen Sue Johnson's obituary (December 2004), which names 'her parents, Charlie and Birdie Hopkins' and lists Hazel among her sisters. The family tree file's 'John M. + Mollie Hopkins' is a misattribution: 'Mollie' is Mary Emily Louthan Hopkins, her mother-in-law's sister -- Hazel's aunt by marriage, not her mother. No record of a 'John M. Hopkins' has been found. Mom can still confirm, but the documents point one way.
Her birthplace is listed as Sneedville, Hancock County, Tennessee in the family file; another record says Lee County, Virginia.
No Tennessee birth certificate for her has been found online. The Tennessee State Library and Archives can check its birth-record index for free.
Her birth certificate was posted on September 1, 2025 — Carol: “My mother's birth certificate, July 10, 1919. Hazel Rebecca Edens married to my dad, Kermit Elijah Edens.”