Maucie Cleo Hopper 
F, (19 September 1909 - 25 March 2002)
Maucie Cleo Hopper was born on 19 September 1909 at Claiborne County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Arthur Hopper and Josephine Bostic. Maucie Cleo Hopper married Benjamin Effridge Fortner, son of Emerson Etheridge Fortner and Cora Bell Bolinger, circa 1930. Maucie Cleo Hopper died on 25 March 2002 at age 92 years, 6 months and 6 days.
She was widowed at age 81 by the death of Benjamin on 9 October 1990. From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and comp., 'Obituaries - Maucie Cleo Hopper Fortner,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 5 No. 5 (March 2002), p. 13.
MAUCIE CLEO HOPPER FORTNER
SPEEDWELL, Tenn. - Maucie Cleo Hopper Fortner, 92, passed away Monday, March 25, 2002, at Tri-State Manor Health Care. Born in Claiborne County, Tenn., she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Josephine Bostic Hopper. She was a member of Frienship Baptist Church, and she loved reading and helping the elderly.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Fortner; brothers, Otto, Leo, Ulyse Hopper; sisters, Eunice, Juanita, Rachel, Waletta and Pawnee. Survivors include her sons, Ferndee Fortner and wife, Virginia, Speedwell, Paris M. Fortner and wife, Dollie, Erie, Mich; grandchildren, Colleen Drager, Darrell Fortner, both of Erie, Mich., Kimberly Weil, Jacksonville, Fla., Garvin Fortner and Kelvin Fortner, both of Speedwell; great-grandchildren, Zachary, Erin, Alexis, Caleb, Benjamin, Robert and Blake.
Funeral services were conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Reece Valley Chapel with the Rev. Larry Collins presiding. Music was provided by the Glory Road Boys. Graveside services were conducted at 11 a.m. today at Carr Cemetery. Pallbearers were her grandsons, Darrell Fortner, Kelvin Fortner, Garvin Fortner, Zachary Drager, Caleb Fortner, and Benjamin Weil.
Arrangements by Reece Funeral Home and Valley Chapel, 869-3651, 869-8811, or 626-4249.
The Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky - March 28, 2002.
She was widowed at age 81 by the death of Benjamin on 9 October 1990. From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and comp., 'Obituaries - Maucie Cleo Hopper Fortner,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 5 No. 5 (March 2002), p. 13.
MAUCIE CLEO HOPPER FORTNER
SPEEDWELL, Tenn. - Maucie Cleo Hopper Fortner, 92, passed away Monday, March 25, 2002, at Tri-State Manor Health Care. Born in Claiborne County, Tenn., she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Josephine Bostic Hopper. She was a member of Frienship Baptist Church, and she loved reading and helping the elderly.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Fortner; brothers, Otto, Leo, Ulyse Hopper; sisters, Eunice, Juanita, Rachel, Waletta and Pawnee. Survivors include her sons, Ferndee Fortner and wife, Virginia, Speedwell, Paris M. Fortner and wife, Dollie, Erie, Mich; grandchildren, Colleen Drager, Darrell Fortner, both of Erie, Mich., Kimberly Weil, Jacksonville, Fla., Garvin Fortner and Kelvin Fortner, both of Speedwell; great-grandchildren, Zachary, Erin, Alexis, Caleb, Benjamin, Robert and Blake.
Funeral services were conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Reece Valley Chapel with the Rev. Larry Collins presiding. Music was provided by the Glory Road Boys. Graveside services were conducted at 11 a.m. today at Carr Cemetery. Pallbearers were her grandsons, Darrell Fortner, Kelvin Fortner, Garvin Fortner, Zachary Drager, Caleb Fortner, and Benjamin Weil.
Arrangements by Reece Funeral Home and Valley Chapel, 869-3651, 869-8811, or 626-4249.
The Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky - March 28, 2002.
Children of Maucie Cleo Hopper and Benjamin Effridge Fortner
Last Edited=10 Nov 2010