Extracted from The Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Tuesday, April 24, 2001

ANNIE L. HOBSON

Annie L. Hobson, 88, of Laurel, died Monday, April 23, 2001, at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, with burial in Antioch Cemetery in Jones County. The Revs. Glenn Freeman and Gerald Sawyer will officiate.

A homemaker, she was a member of Antioch United Methodist Church in Laurel. She was an active member of the United Methodist Church in Laurel. She was an active member of the United Methodist Women and the Jones County Homemakers Club.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Hobson.

She is survived by two sons, Richard L. Hobson of Elba, Ala., and Paul S. Hobson of Seminary; two brothers, Bilbo Lewis of Mobile, Ala., and Laverne Lewis of Lafayette, La.; two sisters, Mary Ruth Robertson and Nancy Ishee, both of Laurel; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

Visitation will be held from 5 - 8 p.m. today, at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, which is in charge of arrangements.