Location: V-Eichelberger

Born: June 27, 1913 Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas

Died: December 18, 1986 Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Parents:
Ollie Ray Hopkins (1889 – 1960)
Ruby Lou Coffer Hopkins (1893 – 1965)

Spouse: Marion Leonard Brown

Mrs. Ruby Ray Hopkins Brown, 73 of Waco, died Thursday at a local hospital.

Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at China Spring Cemetery, the Rev. Jim Billman officiating.

Mrs. Brown was born June 27, 1913 in Breckenridge. She attended schools in Breckenridge and Gholson. She was married to Marion Leonard Brown on November 10, 1934 in Waco; he died October 10, 1983.

She and her husband were foster parents. She was a member of the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars and Chalk Bluff Baptist Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Bessie Gale Childs of Pearland and Ginger Darlene Simons of Robinson; four sons, Gary Bruce Brown of Phoenix, Arizona, Leonard Glenn Brown, Marion Ray Brown and Johnnie C. Brown, all of Waco; a brother, Roy Hopkins of Mart; 26 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.