Obituary

ROSIE LEE PICKENS HOBBS, 79 DIED SATURDAY EVENING IN CRESTWOOD CARE CENTER AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.SHE WAS BORN SEPT. 12, 1914, IN HILL HOUSE, MISSISSIPPI, TO WALTER AND MARY NANCE PICKENS AND LIVED IN THE AREA MOST OF HER LIFE.
SHE HAD WORKED FOR SEVERAL RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA AND WAS A MEMBER OF PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH.
SURVIVING ARE A DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, DAISLY LEE AND HENRY HARRIS OF MANSFIELD; A SON, JOHNNY LEE HOBBS OF MANSFIELD; A SISTER, MADDIE MACK OF MEMPHIS, TN; TWO BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN LAW; WILLIE AND ANNIE PICKENS OF MEMPHIS, TN AND J. B. AND NOLA PICKENS OF MARION; 11 GRANDCHILDREN; 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; 10 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, EARNEST HOBBS; A GRANDDAUGHTER, BEATRICE HOLLAND, A BROTHER, AND FOUR SISTERS.
FRIENDS MAY CALL ONE HOUR BEFORE THE FUNERAL SERVICES AT PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH ON FRIDAY AT 11AM.