Obituary of Elizabeth Hobbs

EC Hobbs Elizabeth Brantley Hobbs Native of Suffolk, VA Mrs. Elizabeth Brantley Hobbs, age 82, of 901 Halstead Boulevard, Elizabeth City, NC, died Thursday, January 29, 2004, at Guardian Care Nursing Home. Mrs. Hobbs, a native of Suffolk, VA, was the widow of Ephraim J. Hobbs, Jr., and the daughter of the late Joseph F. Brantley and Ida Jones Brantley. She was a member of Riverside United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, and was a past president of the American Legion Auxillary. She is survived by four sons, John C. Hobbs of Virginia Beach, VA, Ephraim J. Hobbs, III and wife Dianne, of Asheville, NC, Stephen B. Hobbs and wife Julie of Laurens, SC, and Joseph F. Hobbs and wife Cynthia of Moyock, NC; and five grandchildren, Adam Hobbs, Claire Hobbs, Josh Black, Kimberly Hobbs, and Lora Hobbs. Funeral services will be Sunday, February 1, 2004 at 2:00 pm in Twiford’s Memorial Chapel with the Revs. John H. Dutton, Jr. and M.R. White. Burial will follow in West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday evening from 7:00 until 8:30. Memorial donations may be made to Riverside United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1693, Elizabeth City, NC 27906 or Albemarle Hospice, P.O. Box 189, Elizabeth City, NC 27907-0189. You may sign the online guest register at www.twifordfh.com. Twiford’s Memorial Chapel, 405 East Church Street, Elizabeth City, NC, is in charge of arrangements.