Life History

Notes

• Mississippi, Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935
  A G Hobson
  Eola Gregory
  Marriage 30 Nov 1892 Chickasaw County
  
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  E'OLA OPHELIA GREGORY (1870-May 1920), first child of Benjamin Simpson and Mary Skinner Gregory, is buried in the City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Texas.  E'Ola married Andrew Gilliam "Andy" Hobson (3 October 1867-12 October 1959).  He was born in Okolona, Mississippi and is also buried in the City Cemetery.
  
  Andrew's father, James Francis, and uncle, Richard Thomas, came from Union County [South Carolina] and were descendants of Captain Nicholas Hobson of South Carolina.  His first cousins were William R. and Richard Gilliam Hobson (father of Leon, a McKinney, Texas resident who recently died).
  
  His mother was Josie Cockrell, and her mother's maiden name was Skinner - a real redhead from Ireland.  His aunt Ludie married Joe Beath; they lived in Okolona and are probably buried there.  E'Ola and Andrew's children: Lalage; Benjamin Francis; Josie Mae; Andrew Feaster; and Robert Beatty.
  
  Lalage Hobson (22 March 1894-26 June 1926), first child of E'Ola and Andrew, was born in Okolona.  She married Walter Albert Heine (4 March 1895-20 June 1951).  Both are buried in City Cemetery, Waxahachie.  Their issue: Leslie Lee, Walter Elmer, Ola Mary and Thomas Horace.
  
  Leslie Lee Heine (21 September 1912, Waxahachie) married Janice Carroll Barkley (12 September 1906, Athens, Texas).  They have no issue.
  
  Walter Elmer Heine (14 June 1914-3 May 1985, Waxahachie) is buried in City Cemetery in that city.  He married Mildred Gilstrap (14 March 1919, Mansfield, Texas) and divorced years ago.  Their issue: Betty Louise; and Sandra Lee.
  
  Betty Louise Heine (14 July 1940, Waxahachie) married Kenneth Roy Reed (30 June 1938, Midlothian, Texas).  Their issue: Jason Reed, 17 July 1971 (Dallas).
  
  Sandra Lee Heine (26 February 1943, Waxahachie) married Richard Lynn Essleman (26 October 1946, Ennis, Texas).  They are now divorced.  Their issue: Terry Lynn, 9 September 1963 (Waxahachie).
  
  Ola Mary Heine (9 March 1917, Waxahachie) visited Uncle Ben Hobson in Paducah and Aunt Jo in Quanah several times as a small child.  She married Littleton David Hitt (24 May 1913, Bainbridge, Ga.-30 October 1971).  He is buried in Forrest Lawn Memorial Park, Mount Pleasant, Texas.  Their issue: Don Heine and Myra Elizabeth.
  
  Don Heine Hitt (25 July 1935, Waxahachie) married Melba Joyce White (17 February 1938, Mount Pleasant, Texas).  Their issue: George David, 31 August 1966 (Fort Worth).
  
  Myra Elizabeth Hitt (8 February 1943, Waxahachie) married Darwin Carl Miller (11 January 1943, Hayward, Cal.).  Their issue: Holly Elizabeth, 12 February 1969 (Pampa, Texas); and Joe Littleton, 15 September 1975 (Texarkana, Texas).
  
  Thomas Horace Heine (23 October 1919) married Honor Madell Nelson (23 June 1927-16 October 1983).  She is buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Wax-ahachie.  Their issue: Linda Jill; and Thomas Horace Jr.
  
  Linda Jill Heine (27 January 1950-4 October 1970) is also buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
  
  Thomas Horace Heine, Jr. (19 March 1955) married Kandis Renee Gookin (21 March 1959).  Their issue: Natalin Jill, 6 May 1983; and Richard Travis, 22 August 1984.
  
  Benjamin Francis (Ben Frank) Hobson (14 March 1896-18 December 1981), second child of E'Ola and Andrew, is buried in Puducah, Texas.  At sixteen, he was principal of a school in Plainview, Texas.  He was a captain in World War I.  He married D'Etta Hortense Prunty in Denton, Texas on 20 july 1921.  She is still living.  Their issue: Martha Ann, Tom Prunty, and Bennie Frances.
  
  Martha Ann Hobson of Roswell, New Mexico married John T. Childs.  Their issue: Ann Childs Faulkenberry of Lubbock, Texas; Joe Frank Childs, M.D., United States Air Force, Travis AFB, California; and D'Etta Lou Childs, a student at Texas Tech in Lubbock.
  
  Tom Prunty Hobson of Denver, Colorado has the following issue: Anna Margaret, a student at the University of Colorado at Boulder; Laura Elizabeth; Benjamin; and Susan; all students.
  
  Bennie Frances Hobson married Horace Jackson (Jack) Randall of the United States Air Force.  Their issue: Frank Charles and Thomas David, are students at NMSU; Andrew Michael and Jack Russell are also students.
  
  Josie Mae Hobson (20 December 1898-25 March l981), third child of E'Ola and Andrew, married Kelsey Chesshir (who later married Katy Train).  Their issue: Charleen; and Robert Frank.
  
  Charleen Chesshir (25 November 1925) married William M. Moore.  Their issue: Stanley M., 30 October 1950; Vicki Jane, 9 February 1952 -10 September 1967; and Steven R.
  
  Steven R. Moore (18 November 1955) married Cheryl Goldsmith.
  
  Robert Frank Chesshir (20 August 1932) married Ruth Kistemacher.  Their issue: Kimberly Ann; and Pamela Diana.
  
  Andrew Feaster Hobson, fourth child of E'Ola and Andrew, was killed on an Easter Sunday going to church in 1919.
  
  Robert Beaty Hobson (?-ca. 1970), youngest child of E'Ola and Andrew, married -?- Jones in Mesquite, Texas.  Their issue: Mary Alice.
  
  Mary Alice Hobson married -?- Watkins.  She is a hospital records employee in Dallas.
  
  --  Andrew Gilliam Hobson, wife Ophelia, Gregory Family, Chapter 6, http://www.gregoryfamily.com/chapter6-155.htm
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  Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
  Mrs Ola Gregory Hobson
  Age 50 yrs, 4 mos, Housewife
  Birth 11 January 1870 Okolona, Mississippi
  Father B S Gregory, born Chickasaw, Mississippi
  Mother Mrs Mollie Skinner, born Chickasaw, Mississippi
  Informant AA G Hobson, Waxahachie, Texas
  Death 10 May 1920 Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas
  Cause of Death Cancer of Uterus for about 1 year; had had an operation in November 1919
  Burial 11 May 1920 in Waxahachie, Texas, by Spalding Undertaking Company, Waxahachie
  Filed 12 May 1920
  
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  Ola Gregory Hobson
  BIRTH 11 Jan 1870 Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
  DEATH 10 May 1920 (aged 50) Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, USA
  BURIAL Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas
  
  Wife of Andrew Gilliam Hobson
  
  Parents:
  Benjamin Simpson Gregory 1847-1913
  Mary Ewing Skinner Gregory unknown-1921
  
  Spouse Andrew Gilliam Hobson 1867-1959
  
  Siblings:
  Edna Gregory Elliott 1874-1961
  Anna L Gregory Wirtz 1874-1958
  
  Daughter Lallage Hobson Heine 1894-1926
  
  Created by Betsy Hobson 2 Aug 2006
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 15119906, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15119906/ola-hobson
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Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
• 3. Gregory Family Genealogy
• 4. Mississippi, Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935