Craven Hobbs Obituary (1943

Craven Brantley (CB) Hobbs On the morning of December 23, 2015, while at his home in Ellensburg, WA, CB at the age of 72 went to be with his Lord and Savior. CB was born on February 9, 1943 in Onslow County, North Carolina to Beatrice P. (Davis) and Horace L. Hobbs. He attended school in Richlands, NC and grew up on his parents' tobacco farm where he began helping with the farming at the age of 7 and continued until he graduated from high school in 1962. In July 1962, CB joined the Air Force where he received more education and became a Transportation Management Specialist. In 1965, while stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, AK, he met Peggy Kline. They married on June 26, 1966. After a short time out of the military, he returned to the Air Force reserve, serving a total of 21 years as a Master Sargent with the 944 Fighter Squadron at Luke AFB in Arizona. CB also worked with the US Defense Department for 37 years, earning several awards for locating missing military equipment. After retiring in 2002, CB and Peggy spent many happy times traveling fulltime, RVing around the United States, visiting many historical sites in all states. They then settled here in Ellensburg in 2008. CB is survived by Peggy, his wife of 49+ years, daughter Kimberley (Stewart) Kunkel of Yelm; son James (Tina) Hobbs of Tacoma; five grandchildren: Abigail, Rebecca, Katharine, and Nathan Kunkel and Cassandra Hobbs; brothers: Orvis (Buddy), Dennis, Jerry and Rudy Hobbs, all of North Carolina; niece Tracie Hulse of Marysville, WA; along with numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews of North Carolina. In heaven, CB has met his eleven children who were not carried to full term; his parents, brother Danny, sister Katherine, his father-in-law and mother-in-law. A Celebration of Life will be held at Calvary Baptist Church at Liberty Theater, 5th and Pine in Ellensburg, on Monday, January 18 at 1 p.m. A reception will follow in the Liberty Annex Fellowship Hall. A private inurnment with full military honors will follow at a later date at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, WA. SERVICES Funeral service Monday, January 18, 2016 1:00 PM Calvary Baptist Church at Liberty 111 E. 5th Street, Ellensburg WA , 98926