Hopper Heritage

                                                        Grandma's second set of twins...

Grandsons Wedding

Josh is Turining Sweet "16" on September 11

Yes, Josh will be 16 on Thursday, September 11. Time does fly. He is staying with us this week while his parents are in California. My daughter, Suzy and her husband are celebrating their tenth Wedding Anniversary today. They are renewing their vows, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, on the beach at Avila. Her sister and brother are coming from Bakersfield and some of her girl friends from high school plan to be there. So we have Josh for the week and boy is it hard to keep up with a teenager at my age!

Our Grandson and his Bride, Chelsie

HOPPER HERITAGE

Robert and Lucinda Keck Hopper were my Great Grandparents.
Robert and Lucinda married in Johnson County Missouri and moved to the area of Jane and Caverna in McDonald County, Missouri by 1860. They resided on a farm in Section 23 of White Rock Township for some 40 years. The 1876 Special Census shows that Robert could not read or write but that Lucinda could (this is supported by the deed records that were signed by Lucinda but signed by Robert with an X.) Lucinda's father died when she was thirteen and she married Robert at fifteen. Her first child was born at age seventeen and her last at forty-four. As a housewife and mother, Lucinda's responsibilities included all areas of child rearing, food preservation and preparation, home maintenance, and clothing production.
Robert and Lucinda had been married just over fifty-seven years when she died in February of 1909 at the age of seventy-two. He died in August 1915 when he was almost eighty-two years old. Both are buried in White Rock Cemetery, Jane, Missouri.
Robert's mother, Mary "Polly" Davenport, was the daughter of Martin Davenport, a Revolutionary War hero. Martin fought at the Battle of King's Mountain in Tennessee.

The second picture is Martha Catherine Hopper Davenport and Susan Suphronia Hopper Montgomery, daughters of Robert and Lucinda.

HOPPER HERITAGE

These are pictures of my Grandparents, James Garrison and Molly Adams Hopper. They are the parents of my Dad and my Aunt Ann that just passed away. The first picture was taken around 1900 with their first two children, Daisy and Ollie. They had a total of eleven children. I am not sure when the second picture was taken but the newpaper article was written about 1953. James (Jim) was born October 31, 1873 in Jane, McDonald Co., Missouri and died October 6, 1953 in Seminole, Seminole Co., Oklahoma. Molly was born January 16, 1877 in Bentonville, Benton Co., Arkansas and died January 25, 1956 in Broken Arrow, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma. They are both buried in Little Cemetery in Little, Oklahoma just outside of Seminole, Oklahoma. They were married January 1, 1984 in Albion, Indiana Territory, Oklahoma. (Pushmataha Co.)

Saying Good-Bye to an Angel...

My dear Aunt Ann passed away on Saturday, August 30, at age 94. She was
so lovely, so funny, so much fun. She was the last of my father's family.
My dad's older sister by three years. Oh, what a pair they were when they
were together! She will be missed by me so much!

Oh, the stories she gave me for my genealogy hunting.

She had me laughing so hard a few months back that I fell off the
couch, I mean I was really in the floor.
I loved her so and will miss her sooooooooo much.
Yes...an Angel went home this week-end.

KIDS AND ANGELS...

A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF ANGELS...

I only know the names of two angels. Hark and Harold. Gregory, 5

Everybody's got it all wrong. Angels don't wear halos anymore. I forget why, but scientists are working on it. Olive, 9

It's not easy to become an angel! First, you die. Then you go to heaven, then there's still the flight training to go through. And then you got to agree to wear those angel clothes. Matthew, 9

Angels work for God and watch over kids when God has to go do something else. Mitchell, 7

My guardian angel helps me with math, but he's not much good for science. Henry, 8

Angels don't eat, but they drink milk from holy cows. Jack, 6

Angels talk all the way while they're flying you up to heaven. The basic message is where you went wrong before you got dead. Daniel, 9

When an angel gets mad, he takes a deep breath and counts to ten. And when he lets out his breath, somewhere there's a tornado. Reagan, 10

Angels have a lot to do and they keep very busy. If you lose a tooth, an angel comes in through your window and leaves money under your pillow. Then when it gets cold, angels go north for the winter. Sara, 6

Angels live in cloud houses made by God and his son, who's a very good carpenter. Jared , 8

All angels are girls because they gotta wear dresses and boys didn't go for it. Antonio, 9

My angel is my grandma who died last year. She got a big head start on helping me while she was still down here on earth. Katelynn, 9

Some of the angels are in charge of helping heal sick animals and pets. And if they don't make the animals get better, they help the kid get over it. Vicki, 8

What I don't get about angels is why, when someone is in love, they shoot arrows at them.
Sarah, 7

A GREAT DOG STORY

Anyone who has pets will really like this. You'll like it even if you don't, and you may even decide you need one! Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named Lucky. Lucky was a real character. Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a weekend visit they would warn their friends to not leave their luggage open because Lucky would help himself to whatever struck his fancy. Inevitably, someone would forget and something would come up missing. Mary or Jim would go to Lucky's toy box in the basement and there the treasure would be, amid all of Lucky's other favorite toys. Lucky always stashed his finds in his toy box and he was very particular that his toys stay in the box. It happened that Mary found out she had breast cancer. Something told her she was going to die of this disease.... in fact, she was just sure it was fatal. She scheduled the double mastectomy, fear riding her shoulders. The night before she was to go to the hospital she cuddled with Lucky. A thought struck her ... what would happen to Lucky? Although the three-year-old dog liked Jim, he was Mary's dog through and through. ' If I die, Lucky will be abandoned ', Mary thought. He won't understand that I didn't want to leave him. The thought made her sadder than thinking of her own death. The double mastectomy was harder on Mary than her doctors had anticipated, and Mary was hospitalized for over two weeks. Jim took Lucky for his evening walk faithfully, but the little dog just drooped, whining and miserable. Finally the day came for Mary to leave the hospital. When she arrived home, Mary was so exhausted she couldn't even make it up the steps to her bedroom. Jim made his wife comfortable on the couch and left her to nap. Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn't come to her when she called. It made Mary sad but sleep soon overcame her and she dozed. When Mary woke for a second she couldn't understand what was wrong. She couldn't move her head and her body felt heavy and hot. But panic soon gave way to laughter when Mary realized the problem. She was covered, literally blanketed, with every treasure Lucky owned! While she had slept, the sorrowing dog had made trip after trip to the basement, bringing his beloved mistress all his favorite things in life. He had covered her with his love. Mary forgot about dying. Instead she and Lucky began living again, walking further and further together every day. It's been 12 years now and Mary is still cancer-free. Lucky? He still steals treasures and stashes them in his toy box, but Mary remains his greatest treasure. Remember ... live every day to the fullest And never forget ... the people who make a difference in our lives are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones who care for us.

"Sweet Sam"

Meet Sweet Sam, our cat. Each morning when I start to get ready to go to work, Sam runs into the bathroom and jumps up on the sink. He sits and waits for me to turn the water on so he can get his morning drink...If I don't turn it on, he will tap the sink with his paw to get my attention and of course I turn it on for him. He has both of us well trained ;-)

I Believe:

A woman has strengths that amaze me,
she can handle trouble and carry heavy burdens,
she holds happiness, love, and opinons.
She smiles when she feels like screaming.
She sings when she feels like crying.
Cries when she's happy and laughs when she's afraid.
Her love is unconditional,
there's only one thing wrong with her....
Sometimes she forgets what she is worth.

Our Little House on the Corner...

A few pictures of our little house on the corner. And I do mean little, not at all what we are use too. I would really love another bath and another bedroom. And while I am wanting, I would also want a craft room. Oh well, I still love this little house. It's on a double lot with an old barn in the back and an unattached garage that is full of my craft stuff, while the car port is for my car. Pop is working on the front flower beds so it is kinda ugly in the front right now but it will get better (he tells me). Hugs to all.....come see us, OK.

This says it all!

Playing with Pictures...

I been having fun at www.dumpr.net with my pictures.
Go try it, have some fun to. Hugs to all.....