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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Roy "Hoppy" Hopkins |
| Email | None |
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June 10, 1943
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| Died | November 23, 2006
(63 years)
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| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | David
Jun 12, 2021 05:01am |
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| Info | Roy McArthur "Hoppy" Hopkins (June 10, 1943 -- November 23, 2006) was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, having represented District 1 in northern Caddo Parish and two precincts in northern Bossier Parish from 1988 until his Thanksgiving Day death after a long illness of bone cancer. In 1966, Hopkins moved his family to Oil City (population 1,219 in the 2000 census) and made his living there as an automobile dealer.
Previously, Hopkins, had been an alderman and mayor of Oil City. In 1979, he was elected to the Caddo Parish Police Jury, which became the Caddo Parish Commission in 1984. He was one of the first members of the new Commission and its first president, chosen by his colleagues.
Hopkins was born in the village of Murchison near Athens in Henderson County, Texas. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having been stationed in Germany.
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