Word has been received of the death of Arthur Cecil Hopkins, 93, Snyder, OK. Arthur left this world at his home in Snyder on July 6, 2014. No local services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home of Snyder. A burial will be held on Saturday, July 19, 2014 in Utica, KS. He was born November 17, 1920 on a farm in La Crosse, KS to Arthur Joseph and Eunice (Pevey) Hopkins. In 1926 the family moved by horse and wagon to a farm south of Utica, KS. He attended Excelsior Country Grade School located southeast of Utica, and he attended high school in Utica. He joined the US Navy in 1941, where he served in the South Pacific during WW II. He was a member of the Utica Methodist Church and the American Legion Post 380 in Utica. He was also a member of the VFW in Ransom, KS. He is survived by his sister Elma H. Castor, a brother Ronald Hopkins, daughter Cheryl H. (Hopkins) Rhodes and husband Dave Rhodes, Jr., a son Dirk Hopkins and wife Carla, 11 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Harold and Gene, daughter Deborah Kay Hopkins and a grandson Brandon McBride.