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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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