Dora Barber Hopper Obituary (1924 - 2018)

MADISON Dora Lee Barber Hopper, 93, passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The funeral service will be held at 3:30 p.m., Friday, May 4, 2018 at Shady Grove Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Community Cemetery. Mrs. Hopper was born on June 21, 1924 in Rockingham County to the late John Luther Barber and Mattie Setliff Barber. Dora loved working outside in her flowers, as well as feeding and watching birds. She loved her church family at Shady Grove Baptist Church, where she attended faithfully until her health declined. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, William Hopper; brothers, John and Elwood Barber and sister, Louise Crowder. Survivors include her sister, Kay Hopper; brother, Wayne Barber; step-son, William Terry Hopper; several nieces and nephews, as well as many other extended family members. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 pm, Thursday at Colonial Funeral Home and all other times at the residence of her brother, Wayne Barber. Please consider memorial donations to Shady Grove Baptist Church, PO Box 158 Wentworth, NC 27375. Colonial Funeral Home in Madison is serving the family.