Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hobbs, George A., 1953 

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GEORGE ABEL "NAN" HOBBS 

Rites Monday For George Abel Hobbs 

  George Abel Hobbs, 62, familiarly known as "Nan," died of a heart attack 
about midnight Friday night at his home at 311 Central Avenue. 

  He was the son of the late Jesse and Jeanette Rountree Hobbs, of Gates 
County. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Carrie Ward Hobbs; a daughter, Mrs. Curtis 
Williams, both of Suffolk; three sons, Earl Hobbs, of Richmond; Oma [sic; 
Ora] Hobbs, of Suffolk and Staley Hobbs, United States Navy, stationed at 
Key West, Florida; two sisters, Mrs. Ike Sykes, of Murfreesboro, N.C., and 
Mrs. E.E. Mathews, of Suffolk; three brothers, Warren Hobbs, of Norfolk, 
Rufus and Junius Hobbs, both of Hobbsville, N.C.; several nieces and nephews. 

  The body was taken to the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home, where funeral 
services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Dr. Duane N. 
Vore, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church.  Burial will take place in 
Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

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       George Abel Hobbs 

  Suffolk, Feb. 9. - Funeral services for George Abel Hobbs, who died Friday 
night, were held at 2:30 p.m. at the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home, 
conducted by the Rev. Duane N. Vore, pastor of Suffolk Christian Church. 
Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were J.M. Edwards, P.G. Cox, Z. Turner, Clarence Brickle, R.W. 
White, Tom Parker, Harvey Williams and W.L. Pierce. 

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GEORGE A. HOBBS 

  Funeral services for George Abel Hobbs, who died of a heart attack Friday 
night at his home at 311 Central Avenue, were held yesterday afternoon at 
2:30 o'clock at the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home with Dr. Duane N. 
Vore, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church, officiating.  Interment 
followed in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Dr. Vore read three poems: "My Dead," "A Comrade Rides Ahead" and 
"Crossing the Bar." 

  The pall was of red roses and white carnations.  Pallbearers were J.M. 
Edwards, P.G. Cox, Z. Turner, Clarence Brickle, R.W. White, Tom Parker, 
Harry Williams and W.L. Pierce. 


George Abel "Nan" HOBBS, carpenter, Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 26 Sep 1893, Gates Co., NC, d. 13 Feb 1953, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 15 Feb 1953, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 32, Sun., Feb. 8, 1953, p. 7; 
"Norfolk Virginian-Pilot," Vol. 206, No. 41, Tues., Feb. 10, 1953, p. 22 
   {image 23} 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 34, Tues., Feb. 10, 1953, p. 2 

*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 his gravestones - added by AMDG & CJohnston - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #184470055. 

D.Cert. 5111 (Chuckatuck #56) 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Dec. 26, 1975, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h120c1ob.txt 

His parents are buried in Warwick Baptist Church Cemetery, Chowan Co., NC. 


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