Lee Earl Hopper (Skinner)

Tiplersville, Mississippi--- Mrs. Lee Earl Skinner Hopper 99, passed away on October 30, 2015 at the Golden Living Center in Ripley Mississippi. Lee Earl was born on April 16, 1916 to John Hardy and Florence Tapp Skinner in Walnut, Mississippi. She was a graduate of Tippah County Agriculture High School in Chalybeate where she enjoyed an outstanding basketball career and was the leading scorer of Tippah County in 1933. Her basketball skills earned her a scholarship to East Central Mississippi Junior College. After junior college she began a teaching career that encompassed forty-two years at Peoples, Tiplersville, Chalybeate. During this time she completed her Bachelor's Degree at Blue Mountain College. She was an active member of the Tiplersville Church of Christ, attending from the 1930's until sustaining a fall in 2013 that prevented her further attendance. Lee Earl enjoyed a full and active life, gardening, growing flowers, baking: she was well known for her caramel cakes, most of all she enjoyed seeing and visiting with her former students, hearing about their success and accomplishments gave her happiness and joy throughout her life. Lee Earl is survived by: Two sons: James Wilford "Jimmy" Hopper (Judith Hines) of Tiplersville: John Larry Hopper (Bonnie) of Olive Branch: Two sisters; Lila Ruth Bickerstaff of Jackson, MS: Clara Nell Nuismer (Norman) of Nashville, TN: One grandson: John Gregg Hopper of Memphis, TN: One great-grandson; John Brock Ayers Hopper of Starkville, MS: Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins: Her caregiver: June Wilbanks of Walnut, MS: She was preceded in death by: Her husband: Wilford H. "Seth" Hopper: Her parents: One grandson: Jeff Hines Hopper: Four brothers: Thurmond, Leland, Arnold "Brock" and Fred Skinner: One brother-in-law: Jack Milton Bickerstaff: Pallbearers will be: Randle Miskelly, Donnie Green, Raymond Skinner, Ralph Skinner, Jack Bickerstaff, Jack Nuismer: Honorary pallbearers will be: Joe Duncan, Elizabeth Allen, Members of the Adult Sunday School Class of Tiplersville Church of Christ and All of her former students: Memorials May Be Made To: Tiplersville Church of Christ % 100 CR 317 Tiplersville, MS 38674 or The Charity of the Donor's Choice To send flowers to the family of Lee Earl Hopper (Skinner), please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.

Lee Earl Hopper (Skinner)

April 16, 1916 - October 30, 2015