Nansemond County-Suffolk-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hobbs, Wade H., 1986 

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WADE HAMPTON HOBBS 

  NORFOLK, VA. - Wade Hampton Hobbs, 76, died Tuesday in a Suffolk hospital. 
A native of Hobbsville, he was the husband of Ida Maey Riddick Hobbs. 

  A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Cedar Hill Cemetery, 
Suffolk, by the Revs. Bob Estes and Himes Adams, with Sidney F. Harrell 
Funeral Home, Suffolk, in charge.  The family will be at Route 1, Box 228, 
Corapeake. 

  Mr. Hobbs had retired from Norfolk Naval Air Station.  He was an Army 
veteran of World War II and member of Ocean View Baptist Church. 

  Other survivors include two stepsons, James R. Hobbs of Suffolk and Walter 
E. Hobbs of Corapeake; a sister, Nina Hobbs of Hobbsville; and two brothers, 
J.H. Hobbs of Madison, Va., and Horace G. Hobbs of Hobbsville. 

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Wade Hobbs 

  NORFOLK - Wade Hampton Hobbs, 76, of 195 W. Randall Ave., died July 6, 1986, 
in Louise Obibi Memorial Hospital.  A native of Hobbsville, N.C., he was the 
son of the late Alfred Hobbs and Julia Blanchard Hobbs. 

  He had retired from the Norfolk Naval Air Station, and was an Army veteran 
of World War II.  He was a member of Ocean View Baptist Church. 

  Survivors include his wife, Ida Riddick Hobbs; two step-sons, James R. Hobbs 
of Suffolk and Walter E. Hobbs of Corapeake, N.C.; a sister, Nina Hobbs of 
Hobbsville; and two brothers, J.H. Hobbs of Madison and Horace G. Hobbs of 
Hobbsville. 

  Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. in Cedar Hill Cemetery by 
the Revs. Bob Ested and Hines Adams.  The family will be at Rt 1, Box 228, 
Corapeake.  Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home, Suffolk, is handling arrangements. 


Wade Hampton HOBBS, retired from Norfolk Naval Air Station, 
   Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 23 Nov 1909, Hobbsville, Gates Co., NC, d. 8 Jul 1986, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block P, Plot 69*), Suffolk, 10 Jul 1986, 
"Gates County (NC) Index," Wed., July 9, 1986, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 64, No. 163, Wed., July 9, 1986, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #94368207. 

D.Cert. 86-024247 

He is buried with his second wife Mary Virginia (BEALE; Mrs. Wade H.) HOBBS. 
   They received a marriage license 7 Oct 1942 in Manhattan, NYC, NY.  Her 
   obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Sep. 1981) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/h120m1ob.txt 

He 1m. Marie Winifred PRITCHARD (1908 - 1992); she 2m. Charles W. SCHWERIN. 
   They are buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk.  Holly Lawn list, 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

He 3m. Ida Mae (RIDDICK) HOBBS (1906 - 2002), widow of his brother Walter Ray 
   HOBBS (1904 - 1975).  Ida & Walter are buried with her parents in the 
   RIDDICK family cemetery, Sandy Cross, Gates Co., NC. 

Walter & Wade's parents were buried on the family farm on Trotville Rd.  When 
   the farm was sold, they were moved to Hobbsville Baptist Church Cemetery, 
   Hobbsville, NC. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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