Roberta Lillian Hobbs

Roberta Lillian Hobbs

• Father: Samuel Barlow Hobbs b. 18 January 1852, d. 15 November 1931
• Mother: Frances E. Shepherd b. 18 June 1874, d. 3 July 1948

• Roberta Lillian Hobbs was born on 7 July 1905 in Tennessee.
• Samuel Barlow Hobbs and Frances E. Shepherd appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Canal Branch Road, Wilson County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Roberta Lillian Hobbs, Robert Lee Smith. Also in the household was son Hobert? R. Hobbs (age 16). Grandson Robert Lee Smith is identified as Robert Hobbs (3.)
• She married Joseph Albert Smith, son of Joseph H. Smith and Mary M. Fakes, on 7 March 1932 in Wilson County, Tennessee.
• She officially witnessed the death of Joseph Albert Smith on 15 November 1937 in Wilson County, Tennessee.
• Roberta Lillian Hobbs became a widow at the 15 November 1937 death of her husband Joseph Albert Smith.
• The following appeared on 18 November 1937 in The Lebanon Democrat: J. Albert Smith died at his home Monday. He was 65 years old.  Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. A.D. Robertson at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.  Burial was in the Lebanon cemetery.
       Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, three sons, Hershel, Claude and Aubrey Smith, and one daughter, Joan.
• She married James Taylor Brown on 5 January 1938 in Wilson County, Tennessee, by license issued the same day, with C. H. Ligon, JP, officiating.
• James Taylor Brown and Roberta Lillian Hobbs appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Wilson County, Tennessee, enumerated next to Jim's parents John Henry and Dessie Brown.. Other members of the household included Jo Ann Smith.
• The SSDI lists Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, as the last residence of record of Roberta Lillian Hobbs.
• Roberta Lillian Hobbs died on 7 April 1984 at age 78.
• Her husband James Taylor Brown became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Conaster Cemetery, Wilson County, Tennessee.
• The following appeared on 9 October 2015 in The Lebanon Democrat: Jo Ann Smith Snider. Funeral services for Ms. Snider will be held Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 at 1 p.m. from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home with Brother Todd Elliott officiating. Interment will follow in Conatser Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bubba Denson, Billy Denson, Adam Smith, Randy Hankins, Chuck McCrary and Matt Smith. Visitation will be Friday from 4-8 p.m. and Saturday after 11 a.m.
       Ms. Snider, age 80, of the Rome community, died Oct. 7, 2015 at University Medical Center.
       Born in Wilson County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Albert Smith and Lillian Roberta Hobbs Smith. She was a nurse technician at McFarland Hospital for 21 years. She attended Berea Church of Christ.
       She was preceded in death by her brother, Robert Smith; four half-brothers, Hershel, Harry, Claude and Aubrey Smith; and half-sister, Valira Smith.
       She is survived by her four sons, Albert Lee (Jean) Snider, Robert Carson Snider, Thomas Daniel (Shirley) Snider, George Baxter Snider; and sister, Mary Denson.
       Special thanks goes to her many caregivers over the years.

• Last Edited: 21 Feb 2016