Bobbie Jean Hobson

Funeral services for Bobbie Jean Davidson Hobson, 79, of Greenville will be at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Boone Funeral Home, Greenville.   She died Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Greenwood.  Burial will be in Greenville Cemetery under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Greenville. She was born in Wilson, AR moving to Greenville in 1947 where she graduated from Greenville High School in 1951.  She then attended Millsaps College in Jackson.  In 1955 she married Richard “Sonny” Hobson. She was employed with Delta Equipment Company as Jere B. Nash’s secretary for 17 years and for 18 years owned and operated Hobson’ Silver Gallery.  She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Richard “Sonny” Hobson, Jr. of Greenville and a sister, Alice Ann McGinley of Greenville. The family will receive friends from 2:00-3:00 p.m., Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Boone Funeral Home, Greenville.