HOPKINS, DOC
(1899–1988)
HOPKINS, DOC (b. Howard H., Harlan County, Ky., January 26, 1899–January 3, 1988) Hopkins was a popular country singer who is best remembered for his radio work from the 1930s to the mid-1940s. Hopkins did not set out for a musical career, although he learned to play BANJO, MANDOLIN, and GUITAR as a child. He served in the Army in World War I, and then in the Marines after the war ended. Settling in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, he began playing banjo in the late 1920s with two younger high-school…