Gary Hobbs

Gary Hobbs

1959-2015

Funeral services for Gary Russell Hobbs, 55, of Canton, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point.  Interment will follow at Creagleville Cemetery near Grand Saline.

Mr. Hobbs died Aug. 22, 2015, in Enid, Okla., due to a work-related accident.

He was born Sept. 24, 1959, in Grand Saline, the son of Harlin Hobbs and Annie Loree McCarty Hobbs.  He was raised in Canton and graduated from Canton High School in 1978.  On Sept. 7, 1979, he married Melinda Maxwell in Canton. 

He was a farmer/dairyman for 25 years. He was also a welder and was currently employed by Anchor Industrial in Longview.  He enjoyed smoking meat and watching TCU and Canton High School football.

He was a member of Cana Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his dad, Harlin Hobbs on Sept. 30, 2007; his mother, Annie Loree Hobbs on Dec. 29, 2010; and a nephew, Gaylon “Poke” Hobbs.

He is survived by his wife, Melinda Hobbs of Canton; son, Garrison Hobbs of Canton; daughter, Brittany Gardner and her husband Aaron of Tyler; two brothers, Gaylon Hobbs of Elkhart and Lynn Hobbs and his wife Susan of Galveston; three grandchildren, Greyson Hobbs, Melody Gardner and Vivien Gardner (due in November.)

Pallbearers will be Steve Freeman, John Brock, Jeff Brock, Randall McCarty, Bryan Monus and Jonathon Monus.

Honorary Pallbearers are Ron Monus, Larry Brock and Richard Ingram.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26.

Allan Fuller Funeral Home – www.allanfullerfuneralhome.com