The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, March 20, 1996              TAG: 9603200441
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

ELSIE B. HOBBS

Elsie Bright Hobbs, 80, a retired bookkeeper, died March 19, 1996, at Virginia Beach General Hospital.

Mrs. Hobbs, the widow of Claude Edward Hobbs, was a native of Back Bay, Va.

Survivors include two daughters, Susan Hobbs Stones of Virginia Beach and Marilyn Hobbs Alley of Harrisonburg, Va.; a sister, Page Hartley of Virginia Beach; two grandchildren, J. Patrick Alley of Richmond, Va., and Amy Elizabeth Alley of Harrisonburg.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, today from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to The Dwelling Place, 545 W. 37th St., Norfolk, Va. 23508.

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