WASHINGTON, Ga. - Mrs. Louise Hopkins Mulkey Phelps, 92, of Old Lexington Rd. in Athens, and formerly of Washington, died Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at home. Mrs. Phelps was a native of Wilkes County, was a homemaker, and was the daughter of John David Hopkins and Mary Jane Brown Hopkins. She was a member of the Wesleyan Chapel Church. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 3 p.m. at the Clifford Grove Baptist Church in Washington. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ken Edwards, Keith Edwards, Jeff Cranford, Mark Adams, Matt Stephens, and Tom Mulkey. Mrs. Phelps is survived by one son, Reid (Tina) Mulkey; two daughters, Barbara (Jerry) Edwards and Kathy (Jimmy) Cranford; three sisters, Lucille Bailey, Mary Bell Adkinson, and Elsie Rogers; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Thomas F. Mulkey and Bennie Phelps; one son, Jimmy Mulkey; and one great-grandson, "Jac" Cranford. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6-8 at Hopkins Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Clifford Grove Baptist Church, c/o Samille Sherrer, 493 Branham Rd., Washington, Ga. 30673. www.hopkinsfuneralhome.com . Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com

The Augusta Chronicle-March 27, 2009