Background
Hopkins, Alben Norris was born on February 14, 1941 in Ripley, Mississippi, United States. Son of Lloyd Carter and Reba Genova Hopkins.
Hopkins, Alben Norris was born on February 14, 1941 in Ripley, Mississippi, United States. Son of Lloyd Carter and Reba Genova Hopkins.
Student Blue Mountain College Bar: U. Mississippi
Bar: U. Mississippi Bar: United States District Court (southern district) Mississippi 1966, United States District Court (northern district) Mississippi 1970, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1972, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1972, United States Court Appeals (11th circuit) 1981, United States Court Military Appeals 1986. Association Daniel, Coker & Horton, Jackson also Gulfport, Mississippi, 1965-1967, partner,1967-1969, resident partner, 1969-1977. Senior partner, managing partner Hopkins, Crawley, Bagwell, Upshaw & Persons, Gulfport, Mississippi, since 1977.
Board dirs.Delta State University Foundation, 1991-1994, president 1994.
Board directors United Service Organizations, 1974-1975, 83, Gulf Pines Council Girl Scouts United States of America, 1974-1982, 85, United Way Harrison County. Board directors, chairman planned giving committee, district director American Heart Association.
Assistant chairman State Heart Fund, 1983, chairman, 1985. Assistant adjutant general State of Mississippi, 1991-1995.
Chief judge Military Court Appeals, 1996.
People need not just to accept but also to grow in relationship with God. God's grace and love constantly prompts and seeks to transform people, and so they should continually seek and pray to grow in holiness and love.
Served to major general United States Army National Guard, 1965-1995, retired. Fellow Mission.Bar Foundation. Member International Association Defense Counsel, Federation Insurance Counsel, Maritime Law Association United States, Southeastern Admiralty Association, Hinds County Bar Association, Harrison County Bar Association (Vice-President 1976-1977), Mississippi Bar Association (member judicial selection committee 1978-1979), American Bar Association, Lamar Order, Federal Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (board directors 1979-1982), Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Delta, Phi Alpha Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa, others
Clubs: Broadwater Country, Windance Country, Gulfport Yacht, University.
Married Ruth Boyd, May 31, 1963. Children: Ashley Anne, A. Norris.
