Clifford Marion Hopson

Clifford Marion Hopson was born October 11, 1938, in Liberty, Texas to AJ and Bonnie Hopson passed to his eternal reward June 27, 2024. 

He graduated from Hardin High School taking his first job as a mechanic at a local service station. He married Dolores Norris and raised 5 children. He worked as a CocaCola route salesman for 15 years until he joined with his brother-in-law, Billy Paxton in building two 70-foot steel hull shrimp boats in the pasture behind his house. Shrimping was his love for many years. He married Sandra Lee Smith-Tanner in September 1988. They had 35 wonderful years of blending their families together. He was proud of his family and loved them all. They maintained a family residence in Hardin, Texas for all those years. He retired from the maintenance department of Hardin ISD. He especially enjoyed crappie fishing with his cousins Helen and Bernie Fingleman.

He was preceded in death by his parents AJ and Bonnie Hopson, sister Etta V Paxton and brother-in-law Billy Paxton. He leaves behind to cherish his memory his children Diana McLaughlin, Mark Hopson, Cindy Prochazka, Theresa Cain, and Michelle Baumann. As well as stepchildren Bob Cantrell, Laura Hanks, Trish Chiasson and grandchildren Kelli Mungia, Cory McLaughlin, Jennifer Lambert, Cynthia Sweeny, Stephanie Hopson, Olivia Landry, Alison Prochazka, John Prochazka, Cody Cain, Karli Colton, Stuart Zick, Colby Zick, Victoria and Anastacia Cantrell, Kutter Brockelman, Hunter Sanders, Maranda Chiasson, Hayden Groover, Taylor Knight, and 23 great grandchildren as well as many cousins and friends. 

Visitation will begin at 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Faith and Family Funeral Services in Batson, Texas. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 pm July 3, 2024, officiated by Emerson Barnhill at Faith and Family Funeral Services in Batson, Texas with grandsons Cody Cain, Cory McLaughlin, Stuart Zick, Colby Zick, Mark Hopson and son in law James Prochazka serving as pallbearers.  Honorary pallbearers are Jake Lambert and Kai Lambert.