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Show Ben Yernon Hopkins Dies Here On Friday From Gun Shot Wound Funeral services were conducted in the Glendale, Utah, L. D.S. ward chapel Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2 p. m., for Ben Vernon Hopkins, 39, who died in the hospital at St. George shortly after midnight Friday, Nov. 13, of gunshot wounds received Friday forenoon in Leeds, where he was visiting with his sister, Mrs. Edward Mc-Mullin. Mc-Mullin. Born In Glendale, Utah i Born in Glendale, Utah, Dec. 13, 1903, he was the only son, and youngest of six children of loseph Walter, and Abigail Keziah 3rimhall Hopkins. His mother lied when he was 21 months old ind he was reared by his sisters, ji 1918 he came to St. George o attend the Dixie junior college ,nd while here suffered an attack .f the influenza during the epi-emic epi-emic of that year, since when he as been in failing health. He raduated from the high school ilepartment of the college in May, 1921. In his school work he showed show-ed marked talent in art. In February, 1926, his father jied and that fall he responded to a call of the church to fill a "short-term L. D. S. mission in New Mexico, returning in the late spring of 1927. Since then he has made his home in Glendale. After visiting two weeks in St. George with Pres. and Mrs. Har-ild Har-ild S Snow, he went to Leeds, Monday, Nov. 9, to visit with the VIcMullins. Mr. and Mrs. Mc-J Mc-J (Continued on page eight) Ben Hopkins Death (Continued from first page) Mullin had come to St. George with their sister, Mrs. Lizzie Mc-Quaid Mc-Quaid and Ben was alone in their home at the time of the accident. He was in the habit of making frequent hunting trips in the nearby fields, and was presumably fixing his .22 rifle for this purpose, pur-pose, in his room when the gun discharged, inflicting a severe head wound which caused his death. When the McMullins returned re-turned home at 2 p. m., Friday, they discovered his condition and he was brought to the local hospital hos-pital but failed to regain consciousness. con-sciousness. Any details as to the accident remain a conjecture. Five Sisters Survive Surviving are his five sisters, Mrs. Edward McMullin, Leeds; Mrs. John F. Levanger, Home-dale, Home-dale, Ida.; Mrs. Ivan Decker, Par-owan; Par-owan; Mrs. Malcolm Robinson, Glendale, Utah; and Mrs. Harold S. Snow of St. George. President and Mrs. Snow and Mr. and Mrs. McMullin of Leeds attended the services in Glendale. |
