Gavin Hopkins

Gavin Lewis Hopkins, 21, a resident of Painter, VA, passed away Friday, January 24, 2025. A native of the Eastern Shore, he was the son of Jason Lewis Hopkins and Ashley Lynn Parks. He worked as a waterman, was a member of Painter Garrison’s Methodist Church, and was a Counselor at Camp YMCA- Silver Beach where he started out as a camper before becoming a counselor, which he very much enjoyed.

In addition to his loving mother and father, he is survived by his grandparents, John and Nancy Henderson and Jody and Pat Hopkins; a sister Kaylie Hopkins; a brother, Cameron Hopkins; a great grandfather, Marvin Nuttall; and numerous aunts and uncles. He was predeceased by his grandmother, Jami Belote Parks; and great grandparents, Anne Carol Nuttall, Bob and Patsy Gladden, and Charlie W. Parks.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 2:00PM at Doughty Funeral Home with Reverend Charlene Harris and Pastor Zach Lewis officiating. Private interment will be in Belle Haven Cemetery. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to Painter Garrison’s Methodist Church, P.O. Box 502, Painter, VA 23420, Camp YMCA – Silver Beach, P.O. Box 69, Jamesville, VA 23398, or Broadwater Academy, P.O. Box 546, Exmore, VA 23350.

 Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.doughtyfuneralhome.com

 Arrangements were made by Doughty Funeral Home in Exmore, Virginia.