James E. Hobbs, age 66, of Midland, Texas passed away on June 28, 2015 in Midland, Texas
Jim was born on June 1, 1949 to Homer Buel Hobbs and Ida Maxine Hodges in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. Shortly after, they moved to Portales, New Mexico. Jim began working at a very early age. He flagged airplanes in Portales for crop dusters and worked for Jessie Porter doing odd jobs at the farm if it got slow at the gas station. At the station, he fixed flats, did minor repairs and washed cars. Portales, NM is home to ENMU. Some college students drove very nice cars that they would bring to be washed. One kid brought a muscle car in to be washed and Jim washed it. Jim decided he needed to test drive it and he took it up and down the one-way street. Some frat guys saw him hot rodding the car and called the guy who owned the car who called Jessie at the gas station ''Is someone hot rodding my car out there?'' the man said. By then Jim was back and his boss told him he had better go back to the farm and work for a week.
By the time he reached, the 11th grade he felt school had no more to offer. He was married at that time and he and his first wife had two children. They moved to Texas and he began to work in the oilfield until he went to work at Curley's Machine Shop in 1969. He discovered his love for machining and the opportunity it brought. In 1981, he left Curley's and started J-Hobbs Machine Corp. He created the same sense of family at J-Hobbs that he had experienced at Curley's. One of his first hires had an alcohol problem. Jim paid for him to check into a rehab facility and after rehab, brought him back to work. While that did not work out, Jim has gone above and beyond the call of duty to take care of every person that ever walked through the door. J-Hobbs is truly family.
In 1989, he married Terri Sue. Soon after that, he obtained his pilot's license and a love for aviation and astronomy began. Many times friends and family would get a text saying the space station was flying over or a meteor shower would be visible that night. There was a period in his life where golf became an obsession. He had an amazing eye for architecture and detail. There was nothing he could not envision or build. While he let others slide, he demanded nothing less than perfection of himself. Even after his diagnosis, he continued working until three months ago.
His parents preceded him in death.
Jim is survived by his wife Terri Sue Hobbs of Midland; daughter, Tammy Black of Ruidoso, NM, son, Shane Hobbs and his wife Sheri of Midland, TX, daughter, Roxane Bock and her husband, Tim of Midland, TX; sister, Bobbie Dean Victor and her husband Bobby of Dora, NM; grandchildren, Alec Black, Zach Black, Maggie Black, Colton Bock, Brandon Bock, Lily Bock; great grandson, Aaron James Black; nephew, Dewayne Tucker and his wife Tanya of Portales, NM.
Visitation will be from 6-8 pm, Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home.
Funeral Services will be at 1:00 pm Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Arrangements are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home. To send family condolences please visit our website at www.sunsetodessa.com.
Jim was born on June 1, 1949 to Homer Buel Hobbs and Ida Maxine Hodges in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. Shortly after, they moved to Portales, New Mexico. Jim began working at a very early age. He flagged airplanes in Portales for crop dusters and worked for Jessie Porter doing odd jobs at the farm if it got slow at the gas station. At the station, he fixed flats, did minor repairs and washed cars. Portales, NM is home to ENMU. Some college students drove very nice cars that they would bring to be washed. One kid brought a muscle car in to be washed and Jim washed it. Jim decided he needed to test drive it and he took it up and down the one-way street. Some frat guys saw him hot rodding the car and called the guy who owned the car who called Jessie at the gas station ''Is someone hot rodding my car out there?'' the man said. By then Jim was back and his boss told him he had better go back to the farm and work for a week.
By the time he reached, the 11th grade he felt school had no more to offer. He was married at that time and he and his first wife had two children. They moved to Texas and he began to work in the oilfield until he went to work at Curley's Machine Shop in 1969. He discovered his love for machining and the opportunity it brought. In 1981, he left Curley's and started J-Hobbs Machine Corp. He created the same sense of family at J-Hobbs that he had experienced at Curley's. One of his first hires had an alcohol problem. Jim paid for him to check into a rehab facility and after rehab, brought him back to work. While that did not work out, Jim has gone above and beyond the call of duty to take care of every person that ever walked through the door. J-Hobbs is truly family.
In 1989, he married Terri Sue. Soon after that, he obtained his pilot's license and a love for aviation and astronomy began. Many times friends and family would get a text saying the space station was flying over or a meteor shower would be visible that night. There was a period in his life where golf became an obsession. He had an amazing eye for architecture and detail. There was nothing he could not envision or build. While he let others slide, he demanded nothing less than perfection of himself. Even after his diagnosis, he continued working until three months ago.
His parents preceded him in death.
Jim is survived by his wife Terri Sue Hobbs of Midland; daughter, Tammy Black of Ruidoso, NM, son, Shane Hobbs and his wife Sheri of Midland, TX, daughter, Roxane Bock and her husband, Tim of Midland, TX; sister, Bobbie Dean Victor and her husband Bobby of Dora, NM; grandchildren, Alec Black, Zach Black, Maggie Black, Colton Bock, Brandon Bock, Lily Bock; great grandson, Aaron James Black; nephew, Dewayne Tucker and his wife Tanya of Portales, NM.
Visitation will be from 6-8 pm, Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home.
Funeral Services will be at 1:00 pm Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Arrangements are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home. To send family condolences please visit our website at www.sunsetodessa.com.
James E. Hobbs, age 66, of Midland, Texas passed away on June 28, 2015 in Midland, Texas
Jim was born on June 1, 1949 to Homer Buel Hobbs and Ida Maxine Hodges in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. Shortly after, they moved to Portales, New Mexico. Jim began working at a very early age. He flagged airplanes in Portales for crop dusters and worked for Jessie Porter doing odd jobs at the farm if it got slow at the gas station. At the station, he fixed flats, did minor repairs and washed cars. Portales, NM is home to ENMU. Some college students drove very nice cars that they would bring to be washed. One kid brought a muscle car in to be washed and Jim washed it. Jim decided he needed to test drive it and he took it up and down the one-way street. Some frat guys saw him hot rodding the car and called the guy who owned the car who called Jessie at the gas station ''Is someone hot rodding my car out there?'' the man said. By then Jim was back and his boss told him he had better go back to the farm and work for a week.
By the time he reached, the 11th grade he felt school had no more to offer. He was married at that time and he and his first wife had two children. They moved to Texas and he began to work in the oilfield until he went to work at Curley's Machine Shop in 1969. He discovered his love for machining and the opportunity it brought. In 1981, he left Curley's and started J-Hobbs Machine Corp. He created the same sense of family at J-Hobbs that he had experienced at Curley's. One of his first hires had an alcohol problem. Jim paid for him to check into a rehab facility and after rehab, brought him back to work. While that did not work out, Jim has gone above and beyond the call of duty to take care of every person that ever walked through the door. J-Hobbs is truly family.
In 1989, he married Terri Sue. Soon after that, he obtained his pilot's license and a love for aviation and astronomy began. Many times friends and family would get a text saying the space station was flying over or a meteor shower would be visible that night. There was a period in his life where golf became an obsession. He had an amazing eye for architecture and detail. There was nothing he could not envision or build. While he let others slide, he demanded nothing less than perfection of himself. Even after his diagnosis, he continued working until three months ago.
His parents preceded him in death.
Jim is survived by his wife Terri Sue Hobbs of Midland; daughter, Tammy Black of Ruidoso, NM, son, Shane Hobbs and his wife Sheri of Midland, TX, daughter, Roxane Bock and her husband, Tim of Midland, TX; sister, Bobbie Dean Victor and her husband Bobby of Dora, NM; grandchildren, Alec Black, Zach Black, Maggie Black, Colton Bock, Brandon Bock, Lily Bock; great grandson, Aaron James Black; nephew, Dewayne Tucker and his wife Tanya of Portales, NM.
Visitation will be from 6-8 pm, Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home.
Funeral Services will be at 1:00 pm Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Arrangements are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home. To send family condolences please visit our website at www.sunsetodessa.com.
Jim was born on June 1, 1949 to Homer Buel Hobbs and Ida Maxine Hodges in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. Shortly after, they moved to Portales, New Mexico. Jim began working at a very early age. He flagged airplanes in Portales for crop dusters and worked for Jessie Porter doing odd jobs at the farm if it got slow at the gas station. At the station, he fixed flats, did minor repairs and washed cars. Portales, NM is home to ENMU. Some college students drove very nice cars that they would bring to be washed. One kid brought a muscle car in to be washed and Jim washed it. Jim decided he needed to test drive it and he took it up and down the one-way street. Some frat guys saw him hot rodding the car and called the guy who owned the car who called Jessie at the gas station ''Is someone hot rodding my car out there?'' the man said. By then Jim was back and his boss told him he had better go back to the farm and work for a week.
By the time he reached, the 11th grade he felt school had no more to offer. He was married at that time and he and his first wife had two children. They moved to Texas and he began to work in the oilfield until he went to work at Curley's Machine Shop in 1969. He discovered his love for machining and the opportunity it brought. In 1981, he left Curley's and started J-Hobbs Machine Corp. He created the same sense of family at J-Hobbs that he had experienced at Curley's. One of his first hires had an alcohol problem. Jim paid for him to check into a rehab facility and after rehab, brought him back to work. While that did not work out, Jim has gone above and beyond the call of duty to take care of every person that ever walked through the door. J-Hobbs is truly family.
In 1989, he married Terri Sue. Soon after that, he obtained his pilot's license and a love for aviation and astronomy began. Many times friends and family would get a text saying the space station was flying over or a meteor shower would be visible that night. There was a period in his life where golf became an obsession. He had an amazing eye for architecture and detail. There was nothing he could not envision or build. While he let others slide, he demanded nothing less than perfection of himself. Even after his diagnosis, he continued working until three months ago.
His parents preceded him in death.
Jim is survived by his wife Terri Sue Hobbs of Midland; daughter, Tammy Black of Ruidoso, NM, son, Shane Hobbs and his wife Sheri of Midland, TX, daughter, Roxane Bock and her husband, Tim of Midland, TX; sister, Bobbie Dean Victor and her husband Bobby of Dora, NM; grandchildren, Alec Black, Zach Black, Maggie Black, Colton Bock, Brandon Bock, Lily Bock; great grandson, Aaron James Black; nephew, Dewayne Tucker and his wife Tanya of Portales, NM.
Visitation will be from 6-8 pm, Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home.
Funeral Services will be at 1:00 pm Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Arrangements are under the direction of Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home. To send family condolences please visit our website at www.sunsetodessa.com.
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