More detail on this person: Harry V. Hobbs, age
84, of The Villages, Florida, died July 19, 2016.
He was born in Clinton County, Indiana, June 30,
1932, the older son of Larry and Mildred Hobbs. He
graduated from Sheridan High School in 1950. He
was a member of the Indiana High School
Basketball All Star Team in 1950 and a member of
the Indiana High School Basketball Silver
Anniversary team for 1975. He graduated from
Tulane University in New Orleans in 1954.
Mr. Hobbs married Barbara Jane Cunningham of
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 20, 1954. Mrs.
Hobbs was a registered nurse, Army wife, Army
mother, and grandmother. Harry and Bobbie were
deeply in love each and every year of their 61
years together.
Mr. Hobbs was a retired Army Officer and
Department of Defense civilian employee.
He entered the US Army at Fort Eustis, Virginia,
July 24, 1954, and served 28 years. He was an
Infantry company commander, an aviator, helicopter
test pilot, aircraft maintenance officer and
logistician. He served overseas at Frobisher Bay,
Canada, in 1955; Sondrestrom, Greenland in 1956;
the 4th Armored Division in Germany, 1959-1962;
Aviation assignments in Vietnam in 1964-65 and
1967-68; and logistics officer in Okinawa, Japan
1972-75. He had duty assignments in Korea and
Beirut, Lebanon. He retired from active Army duty
as Lieutenant Colonel at Fort Lee, Virginia,
August 1, 1982.
As a Department of Defense civilian, Mr. Hobbs
taught logistics at the Army Logistics Management
College 1983-1986, and served in the Army Training
and Doctrine Command until March 1997, when he
retired at Fort Monroe, Virginia.
He is survived by his sons Larry of Sicklerville,
New Jersey and Jeffrey of Tampa, Florida and his
grandson Matthew.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial
gifts be made to the Marion-Adams Scholarship
Foundation for the "Larry Hobbs, Mil Renn Hobbs,
and sons, Harry and Joe Scholarship" at 509 East
Fourth Street; Sheridan, IN 46069-1199.
Arrangements entrusted to Beyers Funeral Home
and Crematory, Lady Lake, FL Online condolences
may be left at www.BeyersFuneralHome.com
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