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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3309Brunswick; Robert Riley, Jr., who was born at Brunswick in 1887, receivedhis education there and is now connected with the Dupont Powder Companyat Hopetown, Virginia, a village which in December, 1915, was practicallydestroyedby fire; Thomas S. Hopkins born at Brunswick in 1890, is nowproprietor and manager of the Hopkins Wood & Coal Company of Brunswick, and by his marriage to Miss Angeline Stewart of Georgia has a sonRobert Hopkins, Jr., born in June, 1915; Mary Louise Hopkins, the fourthchild, was bom at Brunswick and educated there and in schools elsewhere, isliving 'With her parents, as is also Miss Elizabeth Jennie, the youngest child.John Hunter Hopkins received his early education in the public schools ofBrunswick, attended the high school, and also took business courses atPoughkeepsie, New York, and Savannah, Georgia. Returning from school hebecame associated with his father in the lumber business and they are nowtogether in the real estate, insurance and various other enterprises longassociated with the name. In 1910 Mr. Hopkins was elected an alderman, andfilled that office for three successive terms. He was first elected mayor ofBrunswick in 1913 and is now in his third successive term. His administrationhas been one of characteristic vigor, competency and honesty, and the cityowes much to him as its executive official.Mr. Hopkins is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elksand Knights of Pythias, is a very active member of the Episcopal Church, andis on the executive committee of the Brunswick Board of Trade. Anythingthat pertains to the welfare of the city is his own personal concern, and thequality of public spirit has been one .of the most distinctive characteristics ofthe Hopkins family. A few years ago Mr. Hopkins organized the HopkinsSupply Company for the purpose of furnishing at a moderate cost all classes ofsupplies to the building trade, and he has already brought that enterprise tosuccessful and extensive proportions.In November, 1908, Mr. Hopkins married Miss Irene Wood of Brunswick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wood of this city. They are the parentsof two children: Irene Hopkins, born December 10, 1909; and John HunterHopkins, Jr., born in June, 1912. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins reside in one of thefinest homes in Brunswick, a place distinguished for hospitality and as a socialcenter and for many evidences of culture. Mr. Hopkins possesses a fine private library and both he and his wife have always interested themselves in theesthetic things of life.J. H. PATE. A young lawyer who has done much to prove his ability .andopen a way for a large and successful career in the law, J. H. Pate has been aresider?" -^ Ashburn since 1905, and has had several official distinctions sincebeginr bractice. He possesses youth, ambition and energy, together with abroad \ of responsibility of the individual to the community, and he isalready recognized leader in Turner County affairs.He was born in Wileox County, Georgia, July 17,1882, a son of B. S. andNancy (Pitts) Pate, the former now fifty-one and the latter fifty years of age.His father was born in Wileox County and his mother in Dooly County. Hisfather has for a number of years been engaged in farming and also in thenaval stores business at Arabi, Georgia.The oldest of eight children, J. H. Pate gained his education in the publicschools of Wileox. County, also attended the agricultural college at Dahlonegaand in 1902 took his law degree from Mercer University. He was admittedto the bar when not yet twenty-one years of age, and did his first practice atTipton, where he remained until September 11, 1905, and then moved to thenew county seat of Turner County, and has since enjoyed a substantial practiceat Ashburn. He is now serving as prosecuting attorney of the City Court atAshburn, having been elected to that office in 1915.Mr. Pate is also interested in the automobile business and has the localVol. VI 84