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Submitted: 3/18/21 • Approved: 3/18/21 • Last Updated: 3/21/21 • R399008-G0-S3
"Dobby"
April 3, 1920 - June 3, 2010
*Obituary
Thurman Henry "Dobby" Dobson passed from this world to join his beloved wife, Lodema, with their God on June 3, 2010 in the presence of his children and grandchildren. He was proud to become the Dobson to reach the oldest age known by the family in June 2010.
Dobby was born on April 3, 1920 to Henry Jefferson Dobson and Amy Eudora Richardson Dobson in Willow, Okla. He moved to Whitharral, Texas with his family in 1926 and was a resident of Hockley County for 84 years.
Dobby attended high school in Whitharral, and afterward, became a farmer on the home place with his father. When World War II broke out, Dobby joined the Air Force and spent three years overseas from 1943 to 1945, serving his country and helping ensure the freedom and liberty we all still enjoy. He returned home to Texas in 1945 after an honorable discharge from the Air Force.
Before going overseas, Dobby married his sweetheart of many years, Lodema Louise Garnett, on Jan. 29, 1943. Born to this union were four children: Mickey, Mike, Gayla and Amy. The couple was an inspiration to all who knew them for 63 years of marriage.
Dobby farmed around the Levelland area for 40 years before retiring in Levelland at the age of 65. He was most well known for his friendly, outgoing attitude, his sharp wit, kind heart and, as a famous songwriter said, "Dad was a quiet man, whose gentle voice was seldom heard, could borrow money at the bank simply on his word." Perhaps the greatest honor a man could hope to have at his death is to know, as Dobby did, that nobody has a bad word to say about him.
Dobby was preceded in death by his wife, Lodema; parents, Henry and Amy; a sister, Opal Howard; and two grandchildren, Mickey Randall Dobson and Brighton Carroll Dobson, who died at birth.
He will be missed and remembered by his children, Mickey and Marla Dobson of Midland, Mike and Chris Dobson of Levelland, Gayla and Nick McCulloch of Lubbock and Amy and Lynn Waters of Wolfforth; 14 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Services for Dobby will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 5, 2010 at the Cactus Drive Church of Christ in Levelland, Texas under the direction of George Price Funeral Home.
Interment will be in Levelland Cemetery after the services. Visitation with the family will be in George Price Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, June 4, 2010 from 5 to 7 p.m. Pallbearers will be grandsons Brandon Dobson, Brad Dobson, Scott Dobson, Landon Waters, Darren Waters, Derek Waters, Matt McCulloch and Taylor Condit.
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