Obituary
of
Handley D. Hopwood

Submitted by : Carole Haywood

The Sun-Democrat, Paducah, Ky - Thursday, Sept. 7, 1972
H.D. Hopwood is Dead At 80; Rites Planned

Handley D. Hopwood, 80, a retired printer, died at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday at Western Baptist Hospital.
Mr. Hopwood, a resident of Moore Road, Mt.Zion community, had worked for most of the commerical prinitng companies
in Paducah, including The Paducah Printing Co., Leake Printing Co., and the former Billings Printing Co.
He had been a member of the Paducah Typographical Union No. 134 for more than 50 years.

Mr. Hopwood, a native of Sturgis, was a member and deacon of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
He and his wife, Mrs. Eva Hopwood observed their 50th wedding anniversary last March.
Other survivors include a son, of Paducah; a daughter,  of Paducah; a brother,  of Paducah; two sisters,  East St. Louis, Ill., and  of Wenatchee, Wash.; six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Funeral services are scheduled Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion baptist Church with the Rev. Jewell Barrett and the Rev. Vernon Talley officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Brooks Pease, Ira Harris, Arnold Scott, Richard Gholson, Ray Myers and Beasley Vaughan.
Deacons of the church will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Friends may call at Lindsey Funeral Home until noon Saturday when the body will be taken to the church.