Hal H. Hopson

HOPSON, Hal Harold. b. Mound, Texas, 12 June 1933; d. Cedar Park, Texas, 20 July 2025. One of thirteen children, Hopson was educated at Baylor University in Waco, Texas (BMus, 1954), and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary* in Louisville, Kentucky (MSM, 1956). He completed additional work at Erlangen University in Nuremberg, Germany, Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland, and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Hopson served in the United States Army in Germany from 1957 to 1959 and was called up again during the Berlin Crisis. After additional studies, he served as music director at Westminster Presbyterian Church (1969-83). He taught church music at Westminster...