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Lightnin' Hopkins to get historical marker in Third Ward

By ANDREW DANSBY
Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle

Feb. 1, 2010, 9:46PM

Lightnin' Hopkins, the late legendary Houston blues musician, has been awarded a historical marker by the Texas Historical Commission. 

The marker will likely be placed this fall at the corner of Dowling and Francis in the Third Ward.

The Centerville-born Sam Hopkins moved to Houston in the 1920s and lived here until his death in 1982.

A statue of Hopkins stands in Crockett, but his headstone in Forest Park Cemetery was the only public marker that tied Hopkins to this city.

Houstonian Eric Davis led the campaign to fund a historical marker after visiting Hopkins' gravesite.

A fan for more than a decade, Davis visited the grave with his daughter, only to find the headstone faded and covered with grass.

“This guy has done so much for the blues internationally and locally and regionally it was kind of sad for me to see that there's nothing in Houston to honor him,” Davis said.

Initially Davis thought about putting the marker near the grave, which can be difficult to find. But Project Row Houses offered some of its property on Dowling, fitting for a marker honoring a man who used to play his guitar and sing while riding a bus up and down the street.

Davis received donations from the Houston Blues Society and individual donors to pay for the marker and the installation. The next step, he says, is raising funds for “a decent dedication ceremony to really honor him.”

andrew.dansby@chron.com

photo: Richard Pipes Houston Chronicle files
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