Hobbs - Woodson "Bud"
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 08 January 1981 p 1
Woodson “Bud” Hobbs, 61, manager of C-Ville Lanes 1962-71, died Tuesday in St. Vincent’s Hospital at Indianapolis.
Mr. Hobbs had been in the bowling business for more than 25 years, managing lanes at Kokomo, Wisconsin and recently the owner of an establishment at Mooresville. In 1966 he obtained a Holiday Inn franchise and supervised the construction of the Holiday Inn of Crawfordsville. He attended Holiday Inn Management School and was the first manager at the Crawfordsville Holiday Inn.
He was very active in Boy Scouts, he served as chairman of the Lew Wallace District from 1966 to 1968.
He was a paratrooper in World War II, serving in the European and Pacific Theatres. He was awarded the Purple Heart on several occasions. He was honorably discharged with the permanent rank of master sergeant. He also served in the Signal Corps in the Korean War.
In 1967, he was elected the first president of the National Billiard Congress.
While a resident of Crawfordsville, he was a member of the Elks Club, Rotary and the Country Club. He served as secretary-treasurer of the Indiana State Bowling Association in 1966 and was re-elected in 1968.
He thoroughly enjoyed fishing every summer for 15 years he went fishing at the Arctic Circle and Great Bear Lake. His wishes are to be cremated and to have his ashes strewn over Great Bear Lake.
Born Feb. 8, 1919, at Kokomo, he was a son of Woodson and Lena Hobbs, Sr., who preceded him in death, his mother only three days earlier than himself. He was graduated from Kokomo High School.
He is survived by his wife, Eva of Mooresville; two sons from a previous marriage, Woodson “Sonny” Hobbs of Atherton, Calif., and William “Bill” Hobbs of Knightstown; four step-children, Deanna Underwood of Mooresville, Ronald Durbin of Milwaukee, and William Durbin and Brenda Walters of Crawfordsville; nine grandchildren; a sister, Jeanne Hobbs of Kokomo; and a brother, Phillip Hobbs of Kokomo.
Services are at 6 p.m. Friday in Jones Family Mortuary at Mooresville. Friends may call at the mortuary 3-9 p.m. Thursday and 4-6 p.m. Friday. The family requests memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society or the Heart Fund. smc