The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, January 27, 1997              TAG: 9701270012
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   21 lines

GLADYS F. HOBBS

Gladys Frances Hobbs, 82, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 1997, in a local hospital.

A native of Statesville, N.C., she was the widow of Fred M. Hobbs and a member of Biltmore Baptist Church.

Survivors include three daughters, Shelby Hobbs Holland and husband Howard, Gladys Faye Logan and husband Dave, and Audrey Hobbs Jones, all of Portsmouth; a son, Kermit Monroe Hobbs of Suffolk; a sister, Mary Wilkinson of Statesville, N.C.; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a host of loving family and friends.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Boulevard Chapel, by the Rev. T.M. Frye. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Biltmore Baptist Church.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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