Bernice Hatchel Hobday

Bernice Adell Hatchell Hobday, died peacefully at 4:59am on Saturday, October 29, 2005 in Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina. Bernice was born May 12, 1923 in Portsmouth where she and her surviving husband Donald, resided most of their lives. Bernice and Donald moved to Roanoke Rapids in 2002 to be close to their daughter and her family. Bernice graduated with her nursing degree from the Norfolk General Hospital School of Nursing in 1944. She practiced for many years as a registered private duty nurse in Portsmouth. Bernice was also very active in her church, Churchland Baptist Church, where she taught children?s classes for a number of years. Bernice is survived by her husband of 61 years, Donald Kenneth Hobday, Sr.; 2 children, Cheryl Joy Hobday McElheney and her husband Charles Preston McElheney Jr of Roanoke Rapids, NC and Donald Kenneth Hobday, Jr. a and his wife Lesley Ann Hobday of Columbus, Ohio; son-in-law William Curtis Lincoln; 6 grandchildren: Rachel Dawn McElheney Porch, Shawn Alliene McElheney Perkins, Charles Preston McElheney III, Jennifer Lynn Hobday Wieand, Jeffrey Scott Hobday, Paul Curtis Lincoln; 12 great-grandchildren: Elizabeth Alliene Porch, Samantha Leigh Porch, Catherine Anne Porch, Victoria Lynn Porch, Vivian Christine Porch, Christopher David Perkins, Charles Alexander Perkins, Melissa Rose Perkins, Kimberly Joy Perkins, Charles Preston McElheney IV, Ethan Luke McElheney, Natalie Marie McElheney. Her daughter Gayle Dawn Hobday Lincoln predeceased her. A funeral service will be held at 3:30 PM Tuesday in Churchland Baptist Church, by the Reverend Lawrence Coleman, Sr. Pastor of Churchland Baptist Church and the Reverend Doctor Lavelle Waters, Sr. Pastor of Rosemary Baptist Church, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends in Loving Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel from 7pm to 9pm Monday night. Memorial contributions may be made in Bernice Hobday?s memory to the Churchland Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Churchland Baptist Church, 3031 Churchland Blvd, Chesapeake, Virginia 23321.

Bernice Hatchel Hobday

May 12, 1923 - October 29, 2005