Mr. Clarence May Hopkins Jr.

HOPKINS, JR, Mr. Clarence May - Age 67, passed away Friday, April, 3, 2015 at his residence. Family hour 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 11, 2015 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., with funeral service commencing at 2:30 p.m. Interment Great Lakes Nation Cemetery, G-4200 Bedford Rd., Holly, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Mr. Hopkins will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and may be viewed from 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Friday. Mr. Clarence M. Hopkins Jr. was born July 10, 1947 in Flint, Michigan. The son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Clarence May Sr. and Fannie (Wardell) Hopkins. Clarence graduated from Douglas Anderson High school in Jacksonville, Florida, where he played the drums in the marching band in 1965. He moved to Flint in 1966 and was hired in a Chevrolet, a division of General Motors. Clarence was drafted in the Army in 1966 and was stationed in Germany. He was honorably discharged in 1968. He returned to Flint and continued to work at Chevrolet and other General Motors factories. Clarence retired from AC/Delphi in 2000. He also attended Mott Community College and joined the Fraternity ‘Kamil Karee’, which he was a founding father. Clarence name in the Fraternity was “Hashamuka”. He loved music, through his aspiration of music he learned to play several instruments: drums, bongos, guitar, African flute known as “Atenteben”, and brass. Clarence continued his passion for music by becoming a DJ known as “Clay Soul”. He loved to have fun and party. Most of all he loved his neighbors and family. Clarence favorite month of the year was July. As he enjoyed celebrating the 4th with fireworks and barbequing, as well as his wedding anniversary. Clarence loved caring for his yard, planting flowers, fishing, and detailing/washing his car. He loved being around his family, he especially loved his grandchildren, and friends of which the feeling was reciprocated. Clarence teased the young children on the street by telling them he was going to put them on the grill and barbeque them. He leaves to cherish his memory: beloved wife of over 40 years, Ida Nell (Thames) Hopkins of Flint; daughter, Monique (Elvin Jr.) Irby; son, Clarence May (Mia) Hopkins III of Flint; 2 granddaughters, Elexis Irby and Sanai Hopkins; 4 grandsons, Kameron Hopkins, Brandon Louie-Irby, Elvin Irby III, and Carter Hopkins, all of Flint; mother, Fannie Hopkins of Chula Vista, CA; sister, Anelia Young of Flint; sister-in-law, Mildred Caldwell of Davison, MI; brother-in-law, Willie Thames of Flint; niece, Leontine (Ralph) Thompson of Chula Vista, CA; 2 nephews, William McNeil of Phoenix, AZ and Kenneth (Michelle) McNeil of Savannah, GA; a host of great nieces and nephews, cousins, as well as dear friend Gilbert Block. Clarence was preceded in death by: father, Mr. Clarence May Hopkins Sr.; father and mother-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence and Marie Thames Sr.; grandparents; aunts; uncles; and cousins. The family would like to express special thanks to Genesys/Hurley Cancer Institute, Hurley E.R. and 4th floor staff and nurses, Heartland Hospice, Gilbert Block, the Canterbury-Lane family, and the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church family.

Mr. Clarence May Hopkins Jr.

July 10, 1947 - April 3, 2015