I thought I had better post my mother-in-law's obituary from the Southern Illinoisan and the Randolph Co Herald Tribune - The Southern Illinoisan, 9-11 Aug 2006 Mina Coats Hobbs Chester - Mina Coats Hobbs, 97, longtime resident of Chester, passed away Monday, August 7, at Birchwood Nursing and Rehab in Cooper, Texas. She was born to the late Marion Lovell and Lena (Custer) Coats on Nov. 14, 1908 in Cameron. She married Wallace D. Hobbs on Dec. 4, 1926, in Cairo. He preceded her in death on Nov. 23, 1975. She was retired from the International Shoe Factory and later from Gilster Mary Lee. She had been a member of the First Baptist Church and the Dorcas Sunday school class in Chester for several years. She had lived in Palestine, Texas, for 25 years before moving to Cooper in 2001. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Gwen Hobbs of Cooper, Texas, one son-in-law, Ed Myers of Palestine; six grandchildren, Jerry Fincher of Elkhart, Steve Spence of Palestine, Crystal Hudson of Tennessee Colony, Texas, Craig Spence of Montalba, Texas, Damon Hobbs of Gallatin, Tenn., Dalen Hobbs of Cooper; six great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, two daughters, Beverly Jean Hobbs and Marline Marie Myers, two brothers, Ray Coats and Harry Coats and a granddaughter, Dana Hobbs. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 12, 2006, in Evergreen Cemetery in Chester, with the Rev. Greg Sutter officiating. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the Schroeder McClure Funeral Chapel in Chester. Randolph County Herald Tribune, Thursday, 10 Aug 2006, pg 6a Mina Coats Hobbs Mina Coats Hobbs, 97, of Cooper, TX, long time resident of Chester, IL, died August 7, 2006 at Birchwood Nursing & Rehab Center. The daughter of Marion Lovell and Lena (Custer) Coats, she was born November 14, 1908 in Cameron, IL. On December 4, 1926, she married Wallace D. Hobbs in Cairo, IL, and he preceded her in death in 1975. Mina was retired from the International Shoe Factory and later from Gilster Mary Lee. She had been a member of the First Baptist Church and the Dorcas Sunday School Class in Chester for several years. She had lived in Palestine, TX for twenty-five years before moving to Cooper in 2001. Survivors include one son & daughter-in-law Gary and Gwen Hobbs of Cooper, TX; one son-in-law, Ed Myers of Palestine, TX; six grandchildren - Jerri Fincher of Elkhart, TX, Steve Spence of Palestine, TX, Crystal Hudson of Tennessee Colony, TX, Craig Spence of Montalba, TX, Damon Hobbs of Gallatin, TX, Dalen Hobbs of Cooper, TX; six great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death my her parents; husband; two daughters, Beverly Jean Hobbs & Marlene Marie Myers; two brothers, Ray Coats & Harry Coats; and a granddaughter, Dana Hobbs. A Graveside Service will be held Saturday, August 12, 2006 at 1 p.m. at the Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, IL, with the Rev. Greg Sutton officiating. Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Schroeder-McClure Funeral Chapel in Chester. ----------------------------------------- Wallace was the son of Isaac Newton "Newt" Hobbs (son of Thomas Hobbs & Niceann Butler) & Sarah Jane Elizabeth "Sis" McLaughlin (daughter of John Wilson McLaughlin and Mary Anna Clark.