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==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Hopkins was survived by his wife, the former Rosemarie "Rose" Duddeck (born 1945), and two sons, Todd Andreas Hopkins (born 1963) and wife Karen Hopkins and Garry Romain Hopkins (born 1966), all of Oil City; four sisters, Alma Lee Thompson and Opal McCool, both of [[Fort Worth]], Texas, Fayreen Tiner of [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], and Bonnie Ruth Holsomback of Frankston, Texas; one brother, Joe Dan Hopkins of Jacksonville, Texas; three grandchildren, Brandon Hopkins, Rachel Garlington, and Meredith LeBlanc, and two great-grandchildren.
Hopkins was survived by his wife, the former Rosemarie "Rose" Duddeck (born 1945), and two sons, Todd Andreas Hopkins (born 1963) and wife Karen Hopkins and Garry Romain Hopkins (born 1966), all of Oil City; four sisters, Alma Lee Thompson and Opal McCool, both of [[Fort Worth]], Texas, Fayreen Tiner of [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], and Bonnie Ruth Holsomback of Frankston, Texas; one brother, Joe Dan Hopkins of Jacksonville, Texas; three grandchildren, Brandon Hopkins, Rachel Garlington, and Meredith LeBlanc, and two great-grandchildren.
Services were held at the 300-seat United [[Pentecostal]] Church in Oil City, with the Reverends Johnny Peden, Gerald Trammell, and H. A. McFarland officiating. Todd Hopkins eulogized his father as "my mentor, ... my hero, and my friend. We will miss him, but we know that he is in a better place. He fought a good fight." When the church sanctuary filled, mourners were directed to an overflow area in the gymnasium.
Services were held at the 300-seat United [[Pentecostal]] Church in Oil City, with the Reverends Johnny Peden, Gerald Trammell, and H. A. McFarland officiating. Todd Hopkins eulogized his father as "my mentor, ... my hero, and my friend. We will miss him, but we know that he is in a better place. He fought a good fight." When the church sanctuary filled, mourners were directed to an overflow area in the gymnasium.
Speaker Salter told the mourners that "Hoppy was always faithful in terms of his service. Even when he was ill, he would come to the sessions. He demonstrated his desire to serve in spite of his illness." Salter added that Hopkins was "tremendously brave when he faced death. He talked about it and made plans. And he never questioned why. It was quite a testimony the way he faced death."
Speaker Salter told the mourners that "Hoppy was always faithful in terms of his service. Even when he was ill, he would come to the sessions. He demonstrated his desire to serve in spite of his illness." Salter added that Hopkins was "tremendously brave when he faced death. He talked about it and made plans. And he never questioned why. It was quite a testimony the way he faced death."
Governor Blanco arrived in Oil City, having first attended the inauguration of outgoing state Representative Cedric Bradford Glover as the first black mayor of Shreveport. She missed the service itself but attended the burial at Lakeview Memorial Gardens and met privately afterward with Mrs. Hopkins. Pallbearers included Judge Roy Brun, Wayne Taylor, Patrick Wooldridge, Dan Turner, Dr. John Haynes, and Charlie Alexander. Hopkins and Brun were initially elected to the legislature in 1987 and developed an inter-party friendship over the years.
Governor Blanco arrived in Oil City, having first attended the inauguration of outgoing state Representative Cedric Bradford Glover as the first black mayor of Shreveport. She missed the service itself but attended the burial at Lakeview Memorial Gardens and met privately afterward with Mrs. Hopkins. Pallbearers included Judge Roy Brun, Wayne Taylor, Patrick Wooldridge, Dan Turner, Dr. John Haynes, and Charlie Alexander. Hopkins and Brun were initially elected to the legislature in 1987 and developed an inter-party friendship over the years.
The Hopkins family requested memorials to the Oil and Gas Museum in Oil City 71601. Hopkins was honored two months before his death by the naming of "Roy 'Hoppy' Hopkins Drive" at the entrance to the Caddo Parish Ward II Industrial Park near Vivian.
The Hopkins family requested memorials to the Oil and Gas Museum in Oil City 71601. Hopkins was honored two months before his death by the naming of "Roy 'Hoppy' Hopkins Drive" at the entrance to the Caddo Parish Ward II Industrial Park near Vivian.
In a special election held on February 24, 2007, to choose Hopkins' successor, the Republican [[Jim Morris (Louisiana Politician)|Jim Morris]], a Caddo Parish commissioner, received 69 percent of the vote and defeated two other Republicans and two Democrats. Morris then won a full term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007. In 2019, Morris revealed that he had switched his voter registration to [[Independent]] the preceding year; he was term-limited in the 2019 nonpartisan blanket primary.
In a special election held on February 24, 2007, to choose Hopkins' successor, the Republican [[Jim Morris (Louisiana Politician)|Jim Morris]], a Caddo Parish commissioner, received 69 percent of the vote and defeated two other Republicans and two Democrats. Morris then won a full term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007. In 2019, Morris revealed that he had switched his voter registration to [[Independent]] the preceding year; he was term-limited in the 2019 nonpartisan blanket primary.