Katherine "Katie" Emma Hopwood

She was a 2008 graduate of Mills E. Godwin High School Math, Science and Technology Center in Henrico, Virginia and a 2012 graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY with a degree in Biomedical Sciences and Music Technology, where she was a founding member and business manager for RIT’s Proof of Purchase. Katie was a member of Three Chopt Presbyterian Church in Henrico, VA and was attending Community Presbyterian Church in Atlantic Beach, FL where she was a member of the Grateful Bread contemporary band. She was working for Starbucks.

Preceded in death by her grandparents, John & Viola Catherine Hopwood and George & Emma Huntley, she leaves her parents, Peter J. and Jean H. (Huntley) Hopwood; her aunt Susan Huntley of Nashua, NH; her uncle George Huntley of Milford, CT; her special uncle and aunt Paul and Virginia Flagg of Tewksbury, MA; and cousins Jeremy, Jessica and Cora. She also leaves to cherish her memory her loved friends too many to name.

Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 29, 2012 at H. Warren Smith Cemetery, Jacksonville Beach, FL . A celebration of life service will follow at 2:00 p.m., at Community Presbyterian Church at 150 Sherry Drive, Atlantic Beach, FL. A service to celebrate her life will be held at Three Chopt Presbyterian Church in Henrico, VA on Saturday, January 12, 2013. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org or BEAM (Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry), 850 6th Ave. S. Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 or to a charity of your choice. Words of condolence may be shared at www.hardage-giddensbeacheschapel.com.