Army Pfc. Theron V. Hobbs
Death: Nov 06, 2008
of Albany Ga.; assigned to the 572nd Engineer Company 20th Engineer Battalion 36th Engineer Brigade Fort Hood Texas; Died Nov. 6 in a motor vehicle accident in Kirkuk Iraq. Soldier remembered for dedication to family The Associated Press Pfc. Theron V. Hobbs’ wife is expecting their first child in February a son who will be given his father’s name. And she says she will do everything she can to make sure he knows his father in spirit. “We have a lot videos and I will show them to him. And I know the people who knew Theron will tell him that his father was a good guy” said Kimberly Hobbs. Hobbs22 of Albany Ga. Died Nov. 6 in a motor vehicle accident in Kirkuk. He was a 2005 high school graduate and was assigned to Fort Hood. “For the most part we are trying to be strong because he was a cheerful person and he wouldn’t want us to be all depressed. He would want us to celebrate the right way” said his wife. When a caravan of police and sheriff cruisers escorted Hobbs body to the funeral home his wife said: “I know he is grinning from ear to ear if he could see it. I know he is smiling so hard like is all this is for me.” She added: “He loved everybody. He made friends with everybody. And he always did what he had to do to take care of his family.”Operation Iraqi freedom