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Velma Jean Nunley Hobbs

Birth
McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, USA
Death
15 Jan 2023 (aged 92)
McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Plot
MI
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Velma Jean Hobbs
February 19, 1930 ~ January 15, 2023

Velma Jean Hobbs, age 92, of McMinnville, TN went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 15, 2023, at her residence after an extended illness.

She was born February 19, 1930 in McMinnville, TN, was a homemaker, retired factory worker after 16 years of service with Century Electric, and also worked for Kroger and Meals on Wheels where she loved to serve and help with her great smile. She always worked in the community helping others and just being the loving and caring person she was. She would spend a lot of her time visiting others in the nursing home and the hospital. Heaven is a lot sweeter because she is there with the love of her life, her husband, Claudine.

Mrs. Hobbs was preceded in death by her parents, Alvin Eugene and Elizabeth Betty Dixon Nunley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, James Claudine Hobbs; brothers, George Adam Nunley, and Charlie "Pid" Nunley; and son-in -law, Bill Huffaker.

Survivors include her children, Debbie Hobbs of McMinnville, TN, Brenda Kaye Smith and husband, David of Indianapolis, IN, and Martha Huffaker of Nashville, TN; grandchildren, Stephanie Todd Rutledge, Chad David Smith, Jr., and wife, Katie, Steven Smith and wife, Michanda, Jennifer Smith Silver and husband, Larry, Jessica Smith Wicker and husband, Adam, and Haleigh Huffaker Wheatley and husband, Thomas; five great- grandchildren; two sisters, Alda "Tooter" Bandy and husband, Don of McMinnville, TN, and Elizabeth "Sene" Winningham of McMinnville, TN; brother, L. D. Nunley of McMinnville, TN; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends also survive.

A special thanks to Caris Hospice for the love they shown for our mother.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, January 19, 2023 at Gardens of Memory Funeral Home with Danny Barnes officiating. Interment will follow at Armstrong Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at Gardens of Memory Funeral Home .

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.gardensofmemoryfuneralhome.com

Gardens of Memory Funeral Home & Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements.
Velma Jean Hobbs
February 19, 1930 ~ January 15, 2023

Velma Jean Hobbs, age 92, of McMinnville, TN went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 15, 2023, at her residence after an extended illness.

She was born February 19, 1930 in McMinnville, TN, was a homemaker, retired factory worker after 16 years of service with Century Electric, and also worked for Kroger and Meals on Wheels where she loved to serve and help with her great smile. She always worked in the community helping others and just being the loving and caring person she was. She would spend a lot of her time visiting others in the nursing home and the hospital. Heaven is a lot sweeter because she is there with the love of her life, her husband, Claudine.

Mrs. Hobbs was preceded in death by her parents, Alvin Eugene and Elizabeth Betty Dixon Nunley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, James Claudine Hobbs; brothers, George Adam Nunley, and Charlie "Pid" Nunley; and son-in -law, Bill Huffaker.

Survivors include her children, Debbie Hobbs of McMinnville, TN, Brenda Kaye Smith and husband, David of Indianapolis, IN, and Martha Huffaker of Nashville, TN; grandchildren, Stephanie Todd Rutledge, Chad David Smith, Jr., and wife, Katie, Steven Smith and wife, Michanda, Jennifer Smith Silver and husband, Larry, Jessica Smith Wicker and husband, Adam, and Haleigh Huffaker Wheatley and husband, Thomas; five great- grandchildren; two sisters, Alda "Tooter" Bandy and husband, Don of McMinnville, TN, and Elizabeth "Sene" Winningham of McMinnville, TN; brother, L. D. Nunley of McMinnville, TN; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends also survive.

A special thanks to Caris Hospice for the love they shown for our mother.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, January 19, 2023 at Gardens of Memory Funeral Home with Danny Barnes officiating. Interment will follow at Armstrong Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at Gardens of Memory Funeral Home .

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.gardensofmemoryfuneralhome.com

Gardens of Memory Funeral Home & Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements.


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