Shirley Magee Hopkins

Hopkins, Shirley Ann (Magee) age 79, of Mt. Morris, Michigan, died peacefully Monday, March 11, 2019, at Medi Lodge of Montrose, Michigan.

Shirley was born April 25, 1939, in the Valley View community south of Jonesboro, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William and Virgie (Gray) Magee. Shirley and Everett Hopkins were united in marriage on May 23, 1993. Shirley worked for many years as a hairdresser, before going to work at General Motors, Fisher Body, where she retired in 1986. Shirley, “The Lovely One,” enjoyed gardening, cooking, canning, camping, and traveling. She was a member of the East Flint Church of the Nazarene and the UAW # 581.

Shirley leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, Everett; step children, Phillip and wife Patricia Hopkins and Sharon Melton; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brother, Paul and wife Arita Magee; and many special nieces and nephews that she loved as her own children. She was preceded in death by her parents; and two sisters, Minnie Belle “Scottie” Lemonds and her infant sister, Evelyn Maxine Magee.

Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Monday in Emerson Funeral Home. A graveside funeral service will follow at 3:30 in McDaniel Cemetery with Emerson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

For lasting memorials the family asks that consideration be given to the Genesee County Humane Society or East Flint Church of the Nazarene.

Friends may share a memory at the funeral home or online at www.martinfuneralhome.com.