We are here to celebrate the life of devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother Lessie Bea Hopgood.

Lessie was born on February 12, 1938 in Preston, Mississippi to Dee and Onnie Hollingsworth. Soon after, she relocated to East St. Louis, Illinois with her parents and siblings.

Growing up in East St. Louis, Lessie and her family were active in church activities. East St. Louis is also where Lessie met her husband, Conwell Hopgood. After tying the knot on January 20, 1957, Lessie and Conwell later moved to Omaha, Nebraska with their two children, Bernadette and Jeffrey. There, they added three more children, Aileen, Dennis, and Anita, to complete their loving family.

Once the children were of school-age, Lessie spent many years working at Lutheran Medical Center. In her spare time, she enjoyed cooking and baking, gardening, collecting pictures, and other leisure activities. But arguably her greatest joy was looking after her many grandchildren and later, great-grandchildren.

Lessie departed this life on Friday, August 16, 2019 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and siblings Helen Johnson, Bernice Collier, Yvonne Thomas.

Lessie leaves to cherish her memory and celebrate her homegoing: siblings Claude (Pearl) Hollingsworth, Nathaniel Hollingsworth, Jimmie Hollingsworth, Wilhelmina Williams, and Wilfred Hollingsworth, her children Bernadette (Cedric) Patrick, Jeffrey (DeAmbra) Hopgood, Aileen (Thomas) Warren, Dennis (Lois) Hopgood, and Anita Hopgood, as well as a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives.