Funeral services for Ms. Geraldine Ellis Hopper, age 81, are scheduled for 2 PM on Tuesday October 14, 2014 in the Chapel of Pafford Funeral Home with Bro. Bobby Beecham and Bro. Anthony Goodman officiating. Burial will follow in Grove Springs Cemetery. Ms. Hopper passed away Saturday October 11, 2014 in Lexington, TN. She was born December 1, 1932 in Chester County, TN to the late James Elbert Ellis and Edna Victoria Smith Ellis. She was a factory worker and a waitress. She enjoyed word search puzzles and reading. Ms. Geraldine was preceded in death by a daughter, Valerie Ellis, son, Michael Killinsworth, two brothers, Johnny and Douglas Ellis, and three sisters, Evelyn Lyles, Elouise Vinson, and Nancy Ellis. Survivors include her daughter, Marlene (Anthony) Goodman, brothers, Gary and Roger Ellis, 4 grandchildren; Jeremy Middleton, Kimberly Middleton, Joseph Earl Gore IV, and Victoria McMinn, and 6 great grandchildren; Andrew Woods, Gabe Middleton, Blake Gore, Zack and Kalonie McMinn, and Charlie Vineyard.
