Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, April 20, 1993 TAG: 9304200358
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: THAXTON LENGTH: Short
OBIT HOBSON, JOHN MATTHEW
HOBSON, John Matthew, 71, of Thaxton, passed away Saturday, April 17, 1993.
He retired from Webster Brick. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret
Hobson. Survivors include two daughters, Phyllis Hobson of New Jersey; Betty
Hobson of Maryland; one son, John M. Hobson Jr. of Roanoke; three sisters,
Nannie Preston of Roanoke, Elizabeth Clapp of Norfolk, Elsie Reeves of
Thaxton; seven brothers, Peter Hobson of Perris, Calif., Dallas Hobson of
Montvale, Harry and Robert Hobson, both of Blue Ridge, Melvin Hobson,
Philadelphia, Pa., Claude Hobson of Bedford, Russell Hobson of Montvale; a
host of relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday
at the Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Ottawa Pullen will
officiate with interment in the Hobson family cemetery, Thaxton. The family
will receive friends Tuesday, 7 to 8 p.m. at the Funeral Home.
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