Mildred Arlene Hopkins, daughter of the late William Marion Potter and Iva Arminta Bivens Potter, was born on April 26, 1927 and departed this life on October 15, 2019 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 92 years.

Mrs. Hopkins was a former piece maker for Elder Manufacturing in Bloomfield, Missouri and a resident of Bloomfield.  She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Bloomfield, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Rebekah Lodge and the West Antioch Extension Club.

On February 25, 1967, in Bloomfield, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Howard Hopkins.  Mr. Hopkins preceded her in death on September 26, 2015.

She is survived by her son, Mark Hopkins and wife Lorayni Weiche of Kingman, Arizona; by two daughters, Lannis and Earl Hancock of House Springs, Missouri, Gail and Lynnie Cookson of Puxico, Missouri; by one brother, Jerry Potter of Purcell, Oklahoma; by eight grandchildren; and by ten great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Carroll Potter; and by four sisters, Louise Dresser, Marilyn Hanger, Wanda Ruth Michaels and Maryanne Griffith.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.  Funeral services will then be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.  Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.