New York, New York
1929 - 2019Reverend Edgar Hopper, retired Episcopal Deacon who directed St. Augustine's Slave Gallery Project, dies at 90The Reverend Deacon Edgar Wilson Hopper, Jr., who served as Executive Director of the St. Augustine's Project from 1999 until retiring in 2012, died in Manhattan on...
Read MoreDeacon Hopper was a her to City Lore. In 2004, City Lore, New York's Center for Urban Folk Culture, give him a People's Hall of Fame Award for his work on St. Augustine's "Slave Gallery." I also interviewed him for an article about the Lower East Side. He was a tremendously articulate and empathetic human being. We miss hi.
Steve Zeitlin
September 30, 2019 | New York, NY
You my dear Cousin will be truly missed.
Especially your accomplishments in and around the community. Your sense of humor when the family joined together. Such an enjoyable time we had together. But our memory of you will be in our hearts and thoughts forever.
Patricia Farrell
September 18, 2019 | 70 Battery PL. 10280, NY
What a wonderful life!
Ella Allen
September 16, 2019 | Columbia, SC
