Dorothy Byrum1 
F, #21397, b. Mar 21, 1925, d. Apr 28, 2013
| Father* | Moses Casper Byrum1 b. Dec 25, 1884, d. Apr 17, 1944 |
| Mother* | Sallie Daisey Hofler1 b. Mar 2, 1891, d. Sep 24, 1988 |
Family | Graham Columbus Hobbs II b. circa 1925 | |
Chronological Events | ||
| Birth* | Mar 21, 1925 | Dorothy Byrum was born on Mar 21, 1925 at Gates County, North Carolina, United States .1 |
| She was the daughter of Moses Casper Byrum and Sallie Daisey Hofler.1 | ||
| Marriage* | circa 1949 | Dorothy Byrum married Graham Columbus Hobbs II circa 1949.1 |
| Death* | Apr 28, 2013 | Dorothy Byrum died on Apr 28, 2013, at age 88 at Corapeake, Gates County, North Carolina, United States.2 |
| Obituary | Apr 30, 2013 | OBITUARY: Dorothy Byrum Hobbs of Corapeake, NC died in the home of her daughter Sunday, April 28th after a prolonged respiratory illness. She was the daughter of Sallie and Moses Byrum of Sunbury, N.C. and had three sisters, one living, Mary Lucy Nichols of Charleston, S.C., and two deceased, Margaret Bradshaw and Thelma Head. Dot , as she was called by many of her friends, came to Sunbury at age 14 from Norfolk, Virginia. She moved back to family farm with her family and finished high school at Sunbury High School after her father suffered a nearly fatal stroke. Later she joined the wartime Nurse Cadet program started by President Roosevelt and graduated as an RN from Norfolk General Hospital School of Nursing. She was a tiny nurse in starched cap and long blue wool cape at graduation. On weekends she showed her exceptional dancing abilities at the USO on Granby street, dancing with GI’s and waiting for her guy to return from wartime on the Atlantic. He did return and soon after she married her childhood sweetheart, Graham Columbus Hobbs, Jr. and they shared a love of big band music, the Outer Banks , and country living with their three children, five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.working to assist deliveries at Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, Dot agreed to return to the Hobbs Family Farm on the edge of the Dismal Swamp in the Holly Grove community of Gates County. She did not relish the quiet, endless starry nights of the swamp and the ill equipped 1800’s farmhouse, but she later grew to love the very place so much she said she couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. Her community knew her for her kindness to the many who were sick and called on her for advice and professional nursing care. Her church, St Peter’s Episcopal in Sunbury, delighted in her quick humor, lilting laugh, and god could she make a chocolate pie! Every corn pudding, and fajoli soup, and bowl of piquant cheese was devoured by the lovers of good food and Dot Hobbs. She was an avid knitter, and reader and was shameless in her love of All My Children, Young and the Restless and British comedies. Not surprisingly, she could always pick the best and worst dancers on Dancing With the Stars much better than the real judges. She is also survived by Graham, her husband of 64 years, and her children and their spouses: Donna and Michael Conner, Chuck and Phyllis Hobbs of Hobbs Lane in Corapeake and Gail and Daniel Page of Esmont, Virgina. Her grandchildren and their families will miss her unconditional love and counsel : Jeremy Conner and his wife Julie, and their children Joseph, Warren, and Audrey of Seattle, Washington; Amanda Conner and Meredith Conner of Rochester NY; Jane Elizabeth Turney and her husband ,Tony of Suffolk Virginia, and Graham Carter Hobbs who is attending Chowan University in Murfreesboro, NC. In addition she is survived by her sister- in- law Ella Thomas Craig of Anchorage, Alaska and several nieces and nephews. Her dedication to her children and grandchildren and the care of her husband were the focus of her life . There will be no public funeral by request of the deceased. A family visitation will be held at the Hobbs home place at 130 Hobbs Lane on Thursday, May 2, 2013 from 3:00 to 6:00 p. m. The following day a private gathering for immediate family only will include celebratory food from Dot’s own recipe collection, and the scattering of her ashes under a beloved Beech tree, chosen by Dot and Graham on the family farm. Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be sent to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Sunbury , N.C. 27926 and Albemarle Hospice 311 Cedar St, Elizabeth City NC 27907 or Arrangements are by Twiford’s Funeral Home in Elizabeth City, NC. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.twifordfh.com.3 |
| Cremated* | Apr 30, 2013 | She was cremated on Apr 30, 2013 at North Carolina, United States, and her ashes were scattered under a beloved Beech tree, chosen by Dot and Graham on the family farm as stated in the obituary.4 |