1942-2025
Pauline Mitchell McCallie, 83, of DeWitt passed away December 27, 2025. She was born August 15, 1942, in Nady, AR to Paul Edward and Doris Dean McKay Mitchell.
Pauline was a faithful member and midwife of the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn. She delivered over 100 babies and always had to get the first kiss. Pauline was a selfless caregiver that loved everyone. She would drop everything at a moments notice to go help or to make a broccoli braid.
She was an avid shopper with the need to touch everything in the store! Pauline and her sister, Edna, were known to buy a movie ticket just for a place to take a nap so they could shop some more.
Pauline was always ready to go on a camping trip or to watch any of her kiddos play ball. If there was a card game being played, she was right in the middle of it.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Charlie Edward "Shorty" Hopkins; her son Phillip Bruce Hopkins; her daughters Tara Desha Wright and Michelle McCallie Crow; grandsons Seth Allen and Drake Edward Hopkins; brother Edward Gene Mitchell; and sisters Bobbie Dean Watkins and Edna Rene Davis.
Pauline is survived by her son Mike Hopkins; five grandchildren Tyler Hopkins (Hannah Turner), Taylor Hopkins (Jennifer), Caleb Hopkins, Kristen Burnett, and Dakota Hopkins; eight great grandchildren; two sisters Mary Clawson (Billy) and Martha Jackson; and her daughter-in-law Donna Hopkins.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Monday, December 29 at Essex Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 1:00 Tuesday, December 30 at the Church of the Firstborn in DeWitt with burial in Hockenberry Cemetery.
