by Archana Subramaniam by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 3, 1993 TAG: 9303030351 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
OBIT HOBBIE, JASON DEXTER III
HOBBIE, Jason Dexter III, 78, of Roanoke, died Tuesday, March 2, 1993, at his home. Mr. Hobbie was born June 16, 1914, in Roanoke, the son of the late Jason Dexter Hobbie Jr. and Laura Beverly Rodes Hobbie. Mr. Hobbie attended Augusta Military Academy and Washington and Lee University. He joined his father at Hobbie Brothers in 1938, and succeeded him as president and treasurer in 1965, he retired in 1984. During that time he served on the board of directors of the National Association of Music Merchants for 1959-62 and again for 1969-72. He was an arbitrator of the Roanoke Valley Better Business Bureau, a director of the Roanoke Valley Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the Roanoke Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs. Mr. Hobbie was a former member and elder at Salem Presbyterian Church and a member of Second Presbyterian Church, Roanoke. He was a life long member of the Shenandoah Club, member and past president of the Roanoke German Club. He gave 8 years of dedicated service as a volunteer to the Roanoke Memorial Rehabilitation and Cancer Center, where he was an original member of the Adult Volunteer Advisory Council of Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his former wife, Elizabeth Burnett Hobbie. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Harris Connelly Hobbie, Roanoke; two daughters, Beverly Hobbie Lumsden, Roanoke, Margaret Langhorne Hobbie, Roanoke; two sons, Jason Dexter Hobbie IV, Roanoke, Edwin ("Bo") Burnett Hobbie, Harrisonburg; one stepdaughter, Elizabeth C. Jimenez; five stepsons, David E. Connelly, Eugene H. Connelly, H. Branch Connelly, Peter H. Connelly, Robert R. Connelly II; two grandchildren, ten stepgrandchildren; one sister-in-law, Mary Margaret Burnett Woods Hatch; and a very special friend, Donna Connelly. A private graveside service will be held for the family. Memorial services will be conducted by Rev. William R. Klein at Second Presbyterian Church on Friday at 11 a.m. The family will receive friends at Oakey's South Chapel on Thursday from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Good Samaritan Hospice Program, 4235 Colonial Ave., S.W. Roanoke, VA 24018 or the RMH Rehabilitation Center Volunteer Fund in care of Roanoke Hospitals Foundation, P.O. Box 12425, Roanoke, VA 24035.