Obituary: Hobbs, Ezekiel Preston - Sunday, August 1, 1976
Wolfe County News - August 13, 1976

Submitted by: Carole Bays <acbays@mrtc.com>
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E.P. HOBBS, 76 PASSES IN LEE          
 
Ezekiel Preston Hobbs, 76, husband of Chloe Chrisman Hobbs, of Route 2,
Beattyville, died suddenly at his home Sunday morning.  He had been in
ill health for several months.
 
He was a son of the late Dr. W.H. and Myrtle Cable Hobbs, was a native
of Lee County, a retired salesman, and member of the Jehovah Witness
Church.
 
Other survivors besides his wife include two sons, Harrison Hobbs,
Dublin, Virginia, and Eugene Hobbs, Radford, Virginia; six daughters,
Mrs. Thelma Lumpkins and Mrs. Fern Banks, both of Route 2 Beattyville,
Mrs. Mavis Collier of Redford, Virginia, and Mrs. Marie Collier of
Richmond, Virginia, Mrs. Geneva Kiser of Vienna, Virginia, and Mrs. Reva
Chappell, Freetown, West Africa; two brothers, Sherman Hobbs, Hazard,
and Finley Hobbs, Route 2, Beattyville; two half-sisters, Mrs. Larraine
Crutchfield, Hazard, and Mrs. Opal Gaines, Lexington; 20 grandchildren
and 27 great grandchildren.
 
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 4, at the
Porter and Son Funeral Home in Campton.  Burial was in the Hobbs
Cemetery on Big Andy Ridge.  Funeral arrangements by Porter and Son
Funeral Home.
         
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