Frances M. Hobbs

Frances McNair Hobbs

Stapleton, GA-Mrs. Frances M. Hobbs, 85, entered peacefully into her eternal home, on June 3, 2015. She was a devoted daughter, wife, mother, and Mema.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock, p.m., Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Zoar United Methodist Church, Stapleton with Pastor Faye Burgamy officiating. Interment will follow in the Zoar United Methodist Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Jason Hart, Jonathan Thigpen, Shane Richards, Joe Akins, Johnny Kitchens, Jody Hobbs, Jamie Smith, Wright Perdue and Barry Russell.

Mrs. Hobbs was a lifelong resident of Glascock County, GA. She was retired from Thomson Company, a volunteer with the McDuffie County Hospital Auxiliary, and a faithful and devoted member of Zoar United Methodist Church, where over the years she served in various church offices.

She is survived by daughters, Beverly Milford and Connie Richards, both of Thomson and a son, Clifton (Susan) Hobbs, of Gibson; three sisters, Annie Kate(Daniel) Palmer, Wrens, Voncille Akins, Athens, and LaVerne (Leroy) Usry, Stapleton; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded by her parents, Watson and Katie Anderson McNair and her husband, Lester Hobbs.

In lieu of flowers, it is the family's desire that memorial contributions be made to The United Methodist Children's Home, P. O. Box 2525, Macon, Georgia, 31203, or to Zoar United Methodist Church, c/o Frankie Kitchens, 3033 Quail Farm Road, Thomson, Georgia 30824.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Jamie Lemley and the staff of Regency Hospice for their compassionate loving care. Special thank you to Shirley McNair for being such a dedicated and loving caregiver.

The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m., Friday at the funeral home.

Beggs Funeral Home, 799 Cobbham Rd., Thomson, Georgia is in charge.