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Birth
H. Kenyon Hopkins was born January 15, 1912, in Coffeyville, Kansas, to the marriage of Rev. Thomas John Hopkins (1871–1939) and Gertrude Conover Nevius (maiden; 1883–aft. July 6, 1967).

Rev. Hopkins (D.D., PhD, and S.T.D.) was pastor of:


 * ordained August 13, 1899, in Louisburg, Kansas
 * began his college studies at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, then transferred to Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, where he received a Bachelor of Philosophy (in cursu honorum) June 10, 1903. In September 1903, he began studies at Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania, and received a diploma June 6, 1907.


 * Delaware Avenue Baptist Church in Wilmington, the largest Baptist church in Delaware from 1906 to 1909
 * the First Baptist Church in Coffeyville from 1909 to 1918, then
 * the First Baptist Church in Adrian, Michigan, from 1918 to 1923, then
 * the Tenth Avenue Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio, from 1923 to 1928
 * the Central Baptist Church in Wayne, Pennsylvania, from 1928 to 1936
 * the Prospect Hill Baptist Church in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, from 1936 until his death in 1939.

Marriages
Hopkins was married at least three times.


 * Hopkins first in 1936 married a vocalist known as Ramona (né Estrild Raymona Myers; 1909–1972). They Divorced around June 1943, reportedly in Mexico.


 * He then on December 13,1947, married magazine writer and publicist whose first name was Florence. They divorced in 1951 Dade County, Florida.


 * Hopkins the on February 17, 1952, married Geraldine Virginia Beitzel (maiden; 1924–1995) in Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey.