Obituary
Arthur Hobdy
Transcribed and Submitted by:Lorie A. Everson lorieeverson@bellsouth.net
Published: unknown papers
Transcriber's Note: This information was transcribed from
a newspaper clipping that belonged to my great-grandmother,
Thelma Williams Luke, of Ben Hill County, Georgia. He died in 1936.
Arthur Hobdy's Funeral
Scottsville, KY, March 21 - (Special) - Funeral services for Arthur Hobdy, 60,
prominent business man, who died Friday
afternoon at his home here, will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the
Main Street Methodist Church, Scottsville,
conducted by the Rev. J. L. Piercy, pastor, and the Rev. Harry L. Green, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Scottsville.
Burial will be in the Crescent Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hobdy was president of the
farmer's National Bank for thirteen consecutive
years.
"Prominent Bank...Dies at Sco...[ttsville]?"
Scottsville, KY, March 21 - (Special) - Arthur Hobdy 60, president of the
Farmers National Bank for thirteen consecutive years,
prominent business man and farmer, died Friday afternoon at his home on West
Main Street of heart trouble.
Mr. Hobdy was born near Portland, Tenn., and in his early manhood was employed
by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
in the bridge crew department. He was a senior partner in the firm of Hobdy,
Dye and Read, garage company. For twenty-two
consecutive years he was the local Ford agent in Scottsville.
Mr. Hobdy became president of the Farmers National Bank on
November 3, 1923, when the bank was organized and also served a similar
number of years on the board of directors of the bank. He was regarded in
banking circles in this State as a safe banker and was
well know in Louisville and Nashville banking circles. He was a member of the
Main Street Methodist Church, Scottsville.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Era Hobdy; four sons, William Hobdy of
Memphis, Arthur Hobdy, Jr., Dick Hobdy and John Hobdy,
all of Scottsville, and seven daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Perkins, Mrs. George
Taggart and Mrs. Wick Didson, all of Bowling Green, and
Miss Earline Hobdy, Miss Elsie Hobdy, Miss Eva Hobdy, and Miss....Hobdy of
Scottsville.