IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Evelyn
Hobson

Oct 30, 1920 — Dec 1, 2019

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EVELYN WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 30, 1920 IN HATTIESBURG MS, TO THE PARENTS OF FRANK LOCKWOOD AND VICIE BROWN BOTH OF HATTIESBURG MS.  EVELYN LATER MET AND MARRIED THE LATE MR. ROLAND HOBSON SR. THEY THEN HAD THREE CHILDREN. TWO SONS, ROLAND(JOAN) HOBSON JR, JOSEPH AUTHUR(OLLIE MAE) HOBSON, AND ONE DAUGHTER, BRENDA JOYCE HOBSON.

LADY EVELYN WAS A LOVING  WIFE AND MOTHER WHO ENJOYED TAKING CARE OF HER FAMILY. SHE WAS ALSO A HARD WORKING BUSINESS WOMAN WHO HAD A VERY SPECIAL GIFT OF COOKING, SHE LOVED AND ENJOYED COOKING HER WONDERFUL FOOD FOR HER FAMILY. EVELYN LATER OPENED  A RESTAURANT SO THAT OTHERS COULD ALSO ENJOY HER FOOD JUST AS MUCH AS HER FAMILY. SHE LOVED CARING FOR OTHERS AND ALWAYS HAD HER DOORS OPEN FOR ANYONE IN NEED. LADY EVELYN LOVED MUSIC, BABY SITTING, DOING HER CERAMICS, COLLECTING BEAUTIFUL HATS, AND MOST OF ALL SHE LOVED HER LINCOLN TOWN CARS.

EVELYN WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, FRANK LOCKWOOD AND VICIE BROWN, HER DAUGHTER, BRENDA JOYCE HOBSON, AND HER SON ROLAND HOBSON JR. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES HER SON JOSEPH AUTHUR(OLLIE MAE) HOBSON,DAUGHTER IN LAW  JOAN HOBSON,14 GRANDCHILDREN, A HOST OF GREAT AND GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A SPECIAL NEPHEW JOE TATUM AND ONE GOD DAUGHTER, SABRINA WATSON.

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