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

DATE: Monday, June 24, 1996                 TAG: 9606240024
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HOBBSVILLE                        LENGTH:   20 lines

IOLA R. HOBBS

Iola Riddick Hobbs, 91, of Route 1, died Sunday, June 23, 1996, in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City.

Mrs. Hobbs was born in Gates County. The daughter of the late Charlie and Mrs. Sallie Stallings Riddick, she was a homemaker and a member of Sandy Cross Baptist Church. She was the wife of the late Lycurgus W. Hobbs.

Surviving are one son, Donald Ray Hobbs of Gatesville; two sisters, Marie Howe of Bel Air, Md., and Dorothy Chappell of Suffolk; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one stepgrandchild.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Riddick Family Cemetery by the Rev. Bobby Hewitt. Friends may join the family from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, and other times at the residence.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB