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- OBITUARY:
Died: 11-11-2004 Dortha Hobbs of Greeneville died Thursday morning ather home. She was ?surrounded by her loving family, friends, andpastor. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother,? her familynoted.
Mrs. Hobbs was born in Coalfield and has been a resident ofGreeneville for 52 years.
She was a member of Towering Oaks Baptist Church.
Mrs. Hobbs was a nurse, retiring from Laughlin Memorial Hospital after22 years of service.
She is survived by her husband of 55 years: Ralph F. Hobbs; two sonsand daughters-in-law: Freddy and Phyllis Hobbs and Lee Hobbs Sr., andhis wife, Ellen Hobbs; two daughters and a son-in-law: Rita Lyda andElaine and Steve Hux; her grandchildrenn: Annette Hobbs, Stacey Hobbs,Ryan Robertson, Tad Broyles, Aubrey Robertson, William Cumbie, KendraHobbs, Siara Hobbs, Tyler Hennis, and Lee Emerson Hobbs Jr., all ofwhom she referred to as her ?Angels,? the family stated; her nephewsand nieces: Clay McGlothin, Johnny McGlothin, Danny McGlothin, JerryMcGlothin, Lynn McGlothin, Bobby McGlothin, Diane McGlothin, TerryMcGlothin, Gary McGlothin, Tim McGlothin, Jan McGlothin, and SuzanneMcGlothin; a number of special sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law,other nieces and nephews, and her cousins.
Mrs. Hobbs was a daughter of the late Lee and Gertrude McGlothin, andwas preceded in death by a grandson: Brian Lee Cumbie; and threebrothers: Herbert McGlothin, Gene McGlothin, and Gaines McGlothin.
The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. today and Saturday atRose Hill Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be held at 2 o?clock Sunday afternoon atTowering Oaks Baptist Church. Steve Hux, the Rev. Dr. James K. PierceIII, and the Rev. Bob Cardinal will officiate.
Interment will follow in GreeneLawn Memory Gardens.
Her body will be taken to the church to lie in state 30 minutes priorto the service.
Pallbearers will be her grandchildren.
Honorary pallbearers will be her nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to Laughlin Home Health, SmokyMountain Hospice, or Towering Oaks Baptist Church Building Fund.
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