Billy Gene ‘Billy G.’ Hobbs, Sr., 78, Bardstown

Billy Gene “Billy G.” Hobbs Sr., 78, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, at Robley Rex Veterans Hospital in Louisville.  He was a native of Chaplin and retired from Jim Beam Distillery as a messenger after 41-1/2 years of service He was an Army veteran of the Korean War, a member of Radcliff Methodist Church, and the former American Legion Post No. 113 of Elizabethtown. He was a member of the American Legion Riders Director of the Department of Kentucky and a volunteer for the Veteran Homeless Task Force.

He was preceded in death by his parents, James William and Evelyn Perkins Hobbs.

Survivors include a daughter, Tammy Perkins of Shepherdsville; a son Billy G. (Arlana) Hobbs Jr. of Mount Washington; one brother, Bobby Hobbs of Bardstown; four grandchildren, Jannah Perkins, Joshua Perkins, Troy (Allison) Hobbs and Kaitlyn Hobbs; one nephew, Brian Hobbs; one great-nephew, Zachary Hobbs; and a very special friend, Darlene Ellis ofSimpsonville.

The funeral is 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at Greenwell-Houghlin Northside Funeral Home with burial in Kentucky Veterans Cemetery in Radcliff.

Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at the funeral home.

The family requests contributions in memory of Billy G. Hobbs Sr., checks made out to Robley Rex VA Center #135, 800 Zorn Ave. Louisville, KY 40206 and on the memo line put GPF 518. This will go to the Veterans Homeless Task Force.

Greenwell-Houghlin Northside Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. For more information, please visit http://greenwellhoughlinfuneralhomes.com//

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