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Glenn Dobbins
Mr. Glenn Dobbins, age 85, of Manila, passed from this life on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born in the Hancock community near Caraway on September 9, 1931, he was the son of the late Austin and Bertha Jones Dobbins and was raised in Milligan Ridge.
Glenn was a 1949 graduate of Manila High School and was a retired field technician for the Soil Conservation Service. He had been a longtime member of the Milligan Ridge Missionary Baptist Church and was known by friends and family as a man of great humility with a servant's heart. He enjoyed renovating, remodeling, and selling homes, and spending time with his family.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Dois Boren Dobbins, one brother Sallee Dobbins and one sister Irene Thompson.
Survivors include three sons, Gary Dobbins and his wife Connie, of Jonesboro,
Roy Gene Thomas of Osceola and Terry Thomas and his wife Gail of Huntsville, Ark.;
Two daughters, Judy Abernathy and her husband David, of Jonesboro and Teresa Eastin and her husband Duke, of Manila;
Two twin brothers, Lenn Dobbins and his wife Margaret of Blytheville and Eugene Dobbins and his wife Imogene, of Manila;
Eight grandchildren;
Nineteen great-grandchildren; and
Three great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at the Howard Funeral Service Chapel in Manila with Rev. Mike Book officiating. Burial will follow in the Manila Cemetery. The family will receive visitors Tuesday from noon until service time at the funeral home in Manila.
Pallbearers will be Ricky Jackson, Kent Gipson, Bobby Barker, Michael Minton, Floyd Winstead, and Ronald Holt. Grandchildren will serve as honorary pallbearers.
A guest register can be found at www.HowardFuneralService.com