Hopkins, Linnie Mae Stilwell

Linnie Mae Stilwell Hopkins, 97, of Max Meadows, Va. passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2009. She was born November 20, 1911, daughter of the late Ballard and Ida Mae Thompson Stilwell.

She and her late husband were the owners and operators of Hopkins Grocery for over 20 years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie H. “Bill” Hopkins and five brothers. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Curtis and Carnella Hopkins, of Max Meadows, Va.; one daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Kyle Eugene French, of Roanoke, Va.; two grandchildren, Kim Briele and Carla Cannoy; four great-grandchildren, Amy Briele, Sarah Briele, Thomas Cannoy and Tyler Cannoy; and a great-great-granddaughter, Jordan Cannoy; one sister, Alta Semones Sutherland, of Pulaski, Va.; special friend, Betty Edmonds.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Barnett Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Richard Collins officiating. A committal service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Highland Memory Gardens Mausoleum, Dublin, Va.

The family will receive friends Thursday from 5 p.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Barnett Funeral Home, Wytheville, Va., is in charge of arrangements.