Austin Peay Hopkins^{[1, 2]}

1926 -  (98 years)

• Name	Austin Peay Hopkins
  Born	19 Feb 1926	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	District 1, Jefferson County, Tennessee   [3]
  Census	1940	Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey   [4]
  Person ID	I86820	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Fletcher White Hopkins,   b. 18 Mar 1857, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Aug 1933  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Alice Eliza Naillon,   b. 13 Nov 1900, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Jul 1939  (Age 38 years)
  Married	Oct 1915
  Family ID	F31687	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Stapleton
  Children	1. Connie Hopkins
  Family ID	F178783	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Hutchinson
  Family ID	F69804	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Feb 1926 - Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 140, 182, 332. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com). Take a visit to a barbershop and sports store downtown Newport „E2005 NPT PHOTO BY DAVID POPIEL Jeramy Hux can be found enjoying his work at his downtown Newport business¡VThe Mountain Side outdoor sports shop. By: David Popiel Source: The Newport Plain Talk 10-02-2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cold air and cool rain on Thursday caused the tall golden rods to hang their heavy yellow heads along the roadsides in our hometown. Perhaps the harvest street festival will cheer them up. Folks were out and about whether the warm days or colder ones. I bumped into Tom Shelton, who recognized me from the Plain Talk where he helped Ralph Kyker fix plumbing in years past. Shelton is in business for himself after Kyker retired. About the same time, I saw Scott McClure shopping, and days earlier I had talked with his youngest child while renewing my vehicle tag at County Clerk Jan Butler¡¦s office on Monday. She is Kalee Benson, one of four McClure children. Perhaps we¡¦ll get back to chat. You recall last week we mentioned wandering downtown and visiting The Mountain Side Outdoor Shop. When I pulled off McSween Avenue, the first thing I spotted was Edsel¡¦s Barbershop. I must admit that I can¡¦t recall visiting. Walking in, barber Edsel Hall, a tall, lean fellow was preparing John Samples for a haircut. Hall chided me for never putting his photo in the Plain Talk during past Hall reunions and when he worked for a custom van shop years ago. So, you see his photo here and should know that with 53 years clipping hair and shaving folks, he is the senior barber of Cocke County. He still uses a straight razor. An old timer was sitting in one of the line of chairs along the wall. Two signs above the mirrored wall stated: ¡§No Smoking¡¨ and ¡§Haircuts $5.¡¨ The old timer was Austin Hopkins. I¡¦m sure many of you know him and his relatives such as cousin ¡§Hoppy¡¨ Hopkins and the late Hobart Ford Sr. At 79, he is a few years older than his good friend Edsel, who turns 75 on Nov. 15. Austin was born in Hartford but lives in Middle Tenn. He is the son of Fletch Hopkins and the former Alice Naillon. Like most of the seniors his age, he is a World War II veteran serving as a combat engineer and getting ¡§shot up¡¨ in Germany. The most interesting part of his career started after the war when in California he learned to fly. He flew crop dusters for about 20 years in Alabama where he crashed a couple of times ¡§but never got killed.¡¨ While chatting, John left and Luther Taylor, a retired teacher came in. By then, Edsel and Austin were talking about music and their Martin guitars. So, Austin goes to his vehicle and brings back his HD 28 and starts strumming and serenading the customer. I must talk with him some more and Edsel too, as both are keenly interesting men. I believe Austin is right when he said, ¡§I guarantee I ain¡¦t going to die young.¡¨ Those raised in the Brown¡¦s community will know him and his folks. I¡¦ll share this one tale he told of the other Edsel, Edsel Ford. It seems that Edsel and brother, Henry, were traveling out of state when stopped by a big, gruff Carolina State trooper. He asked Edsel his name. Of course the trooper smirked and said, ¡§I suppose you¡¦re going to tell me that your sleeping friend is Henry Ford.¡¨ Across the street at the yellow-painted Mountain Side, Jeramy Hux was thinking about the street festival and neat things to improve his business like paint a giant mural on the wall of the McNabb building facing East Broadway. At 31 he is a young, energetic businessman the son of Terry and Debbie (Grooms) Hux, of Newport. An only child, he graduated from Cocke County High School and also Emory and Henry studying land use planning. He put that to practical use by opening a unique store packed with a variety of camping, hiking, biking and water sports merchandise. I asked him who you might find shopping there, and customers include visitors to the Smokies and locals like the Ben Hoopers, Mike Kyker, and Iliff McMahan. Nov. will be the store¡¦s first anniversary and he has succeeded in creating something new and interesting as a focal point for downtown. He is encouraging other small businesses to follow suit. He¡¦s been a Pigeon River guide for a decade and also loves mountain biking and caving. One of his current projects is working with Gay Webb, Cody Phillips, and Kevin McConnell to convince the US Forest Service to invest some money and their time in building hiking trails here in the Cherokee Forest. Another reason he opened the shop was to show people what¡¦s out there by bringing it here¡Vgood quality merchandise for serious outdoors folks. He¡¦s even got a tent set up and a great variety of stuff from wallets to caps, back packs, boots, socks and all the big and little things that make outdoor sports more fun. He hopes the Mountain Side will be a focal point for like-minded folks or those newly interested to get help. (A woman dropped by to spread the word that a mother bear had cubs with her at Walnut Bottoms and hikers needed to be wary.) Jeramy has a lot of enthusiasm and ideas that should make our hometown a better place and certainly help folks be healthier. In plain talk, youth offers insights and vitality often lost along the years of constant repetition. [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Austin P Hopkins Event Type: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 1, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States Gender: Male Age: 1 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son Birth Year (Estimated): 1929 Birthplace: Tennessee Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 7 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Flecher W Hopkins Head Male 73 Tennessee Alice Hopkins Wife Female 30 Tennessee Pauline Hopkins Daughter Female 13 Tennessee Lester Hopkins Son Male 11 Tennessee Everett Hopkins Son Male 8 Tennessee Jereline Hopkins Daughter Female 6 Tennessee Austin P Hopkins Son Male 1 Tennessee [S112] Census, 1940. Name Austin Hopkins Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem, New Jersey, United States Sex Male Age 14 Marital Status Single Race (Original) White Race White Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Brother Relationship to Head of Household Brother Birthplace Tennessee Birth Year (Estimated) 1926 Last Place of Residence Tennessee Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Richard Doglas Head M 23 Tennessee Pauline Doglas Wife F 23 Tennessee Thomas Doglas Son M 5 Tennessee Alice Doglas Daughter F 2 New Jersey Alena Doglas Daughter F 1 Tennessee Lester Hopkins Brother M 21 North Carolina Everett Hopkins Brother M 18 North Carolina Geraldine Hopkins Sister F 16 North Carolina Austin Hopkins Brother M 14 Tennessee Laurine Hopkins Sister F 8 Tennessee