Service: September 16, 2020, Carlsbad Cemetery
Betty June Hopkins, 84, passed away Sept. 12, 2020. Betty June Jones was born April 17 1936,
in Ashcreek, OK to Owen and Donnie Jones. She married Ronald Hopkins August 3, 1955. They
moved to Carlsbad in 1957. Betty worked at Star Pharmacy and went to work for Dr. Crooks in
1970 until her retirement in 1985. She was a life-long member and Sunday school teacher of
Blodgett Street Baptist Church. In her retirement, she volunteered at the Hospital Auxiliary.
Betty loved to sew, being a housewife, and most of all taking care of her grandkids: Brandon,
Misty, and Charli. She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings: Sadie, Sybel, Leo,
Elouise, Owen Jr, Jean, Bill, and her husband Ron. Survivors include her daughter, Rhonda June
Mendes-Kennedy; grandson, Brandon Mendes and Michelle Alvarado; granddaughters: Misty
Mendes and Charli Kennedy; great-grandchildren: Adrianna Mendes, Genesis Mendes, and
numerous nieces and nephews.