Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hobbs, Carrie Ward, 1975 

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CARRIE WARD HOBBS 

   Mrs. Carrie W. Hobbs 

  Mrs. Carrie Ward Hobbs, 77, widow of George A. (Nan) Hobbs, died Thursday 
morning at her home 311 Central Avenue. 

  A native of Gates County, N.C., she was daughter of the late Willie W. and 
Mrs. Lena Russell Ward.  She was a member of the Sandy Cross Baptist Church. 

  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Curtis P. Williams of Suffolk; three 
sons: George Earl Hobbs of Richmond, Omar Ward Hobbs of Suffolk and William 
Staley Hobbs of Chesapeake; three sisters: Mrs. Lucille W. Crumpler of 
Carrollton, Mrs. Jack Stallings of Belvedere, N.C., and Mrs. Harold Covy; 
four brothers: Sam Ward of Hampton, Julian Ward of Belvidere, N.C., Milton 
Ward of Sunbury and Robert Ward of Suffolk, and seven grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in I.O. Hill & Co. 
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Jack B. Lyles.  Burial will be in Holly 
Lawn Cemetery.  The family requests no flowers.  Memorial donations may be 
given to the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad or the Masonic Home in Richmond. 


Carrie (WARD; Mrs. George Abel "Nan") HOBBS, 
b. 30 Jun 1898, Gates Co., NC, d. 25 Dec 1975, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 27 Dec 1975, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 53, No. 308, Fri., Dec. 26, 1975, p. 6 
   text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #199394320 

*Additional information: 

Holland list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Photos of her gravestones - added by AMDG & CJohnston - and one of Carrie 
   - added by CJohnston - are also posted with Find a Grave Memorial 
   #199394320. 

D.Cert. 75-037945 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Feb. 8 & 10, 1953, & 
   "Norfolk Virginian-Pilot," Feb. 10, 1953) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h120g1ob.txt 

Her parents & paternal grandparents are buried in the William D. WARD 
   family cemetery, Gates Co., NC. 


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