OBITUARY NAME: ROY FLOYD HOBBS AGE 82 A LONGTIME RATTAN AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 25, 1925 TO WILLIAM HENRY HOBBS AND GEORGIA ANN BALES AT ROCK CREEK AREA IN RATTAN. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2008 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN RATTAN AGE: 82 YEARS 8 MONTHS 3 DAYS EDUCATION: ROY ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ROCK CREEK IN RATTAN MARRIED: HE MARRIED FERN FRANCES FRYAR AT ANTLERS, OK. LATER HE MARRIED MYRT CASH AT LEWISVILLE, TX. HE THEN LATER MARRIED BARBARA ANN PHILLIPS AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER. ROY WORKED AS A SUPERVISOR AT BETTER MONKEY GRIP RUBBER CO, IN DALLAS FOR 25 YEARS. HE WAS CUSTODIAN AND MAINTANCE FOR RATTAN SCHOOLS FOR 18 YEARS. HE HAS BEEN RETIRED SINCE 1999. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF RATTAN CHURCH OF CHRIST, A MEMBER OF ANTLERS VFW, PRES. OF ANTLERS ROUND UP CLUB. ROY WAS A GOOD HANDY MAN AND LOVED TO WORK ON THINGS. HE LOVED FARMING, RANCHING AND DANCING AT THE VFW. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BARBARA OF RATTAN CHILDREN: JOANN GOUCHER OF DIBBLE, OK MARILYN LINDHOLM OF SACHSE, TX SANDY BENZINE AND HUSBAND LARRY OF RATTAN TERESA HOBBS-ROSS AND HUSBAND JAMES OF RATTAN KIM WALKER OF ANTLERS ALAN HOBBS OF MEAD, OK STEPCHILDREN: DEBBI WATERS AND HUSBAND JERRY OF SPARTANBURG, S.C. KIP MESSER OF MEAD, OK ROBBY MESSER AND WIFE SANDY OF SAVOY, TX 21 GRANDCHILDREN 19 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NEICES, NEPHEWS OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HENRY AND GEORGIA ANN HOBBS WIFE: FERN HOBBS SON: THOMAS FLOYD HOBBS GRANDCHILD: ROCKY HOBBS BROTHERS: PAT, ED, AMBROSE, WOODY HOBBS SISTERS: MATTIE, MAE, ALICE ******************************************************************************************************************** DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008 AT 10:30 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: RATTAN HIGH SCHOOL GYM INTERMENT: RATTAN CEMETERY OFFICIATING: VAN NEWTON CASKETBEARERS: JOE HILL, LARRY BENZINE, JAMES ROSS, WALTER MACK, MATT GREEN, RONNIE BISHOP HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WAYNE TOLLETT, CHRIS GIBBS, CHRIS BROWN, C.L. DUNCAN, PATRICK GRAY FAMILY NIGHT, THURSDAY, MAY 1 6~8, RATTAN CHURCH OF CHRIST CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK