Mary C. Hopper

October 29, 1944 – May 14, 2023

Mary Hopper, 78, of Mount Juliet, died on Mothers’ Day, May 14, at Alive Hospice in Nashville, of cancer. She was born Oct. 29, 1944, in Crossville, Tenn.

She was the youngest child of Howard and Elizabeth (Robson) Campbell. Mrs. Hopper attended school in Virginia, graduating from Waynesboro High School in Waynesboro, Va. in 1963. She graduated from Berea College in 1967 and received her master’s degree from Vanderbilt. Mrs., Hopper was a high school English teacher in Waynesboro and in Memphis.

Mrs. Hopper met her husband, Mike, while teaching in Memphis. They were married at Union Avenue Church of Christ in 1970. They were married 46 years, until his death. She and her husband were longtime members of Una Church of Christ. Mrs. Hopper raised four boys and returned to teaching in 1988. She taught English at Ezell-Harding Christian School in Antioch until her retirement in 2007.

Mrs. Hopper is survived by four sons, Brian (Jeannie), Zachary, La., Graham (Katherine), Nashville, David (Rachel), Mount Pleasant, and Rob (Jennie), Mount Juliet, and nine grandchildren.

Visitation will take place on Friday, May 26, from ten in the morning to one in the afternoon, at Mount Olivet Funeral Home, 1101 Lebanon Pike in Nashville.

The funeral service will be held at the funeral home from one to one-thirty, with a private burial for the family to follow.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.mountolivet.com for the Hopper family.