Hobart Claud Eaton
1914 - 2007 (92 years)-
Name Hobart Claud Eaton Born 8 Sep 1914 Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Occupation teacher, minister [3] Died 19 Mar 2007 Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky [2, 3] Buried Worley Cemetery, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky [2, 3] Person ID I1905 Hedges Last Modified 6 Oct 2023
Father Samuel Chrisley Eaton, b. 14 Apr 1883, Spruceburg, Whitley County, Kentucky , d. 27 Oct 1978, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age 95 years) Mother Virginia Forence Parker, b. 31 Aug 1894, Hubbard Springs, Virginia , d. 4 Apr 1956, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age 61 years) Married 26 Aug 1910 Jellico, Campbell County, Tennessee [4] - Tennessee state marriages, 1780-2002
Family ID F506 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Pearl Evelyn Sharp, b. 25 Sep 1918, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky , d. 18 Feb 2005, Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky (Age 86 years) Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F941 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 8 Sep 1914 - Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky 
Died - 19 Mar 2007 - Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky 
Buried - - Worley Cemetery, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Rev. Hobart Claud Eaton, 95, of Corbin, passed away Monday, March 19, 2007 at Oak Tree Hospital. He was a member of Steele's Chapel Christian Church, where he was ordained as a minister in 1945.Born Sept. 8, 1911 in Corbin to the late Sam and Vergie Parker Eaton, he spent his life advocating Christianity and education. For 53 years, he devoted himself to the ministry, showing his love for moral values in both country and family and Christian ethics. Indeed, he performed the wedding ceremonies for three of his four children and lastly for his granddaughter when he was 91 years old. As well, for 36 years, he was a teacher who touched the lives of the students he dearly loved, helping them not only in academics but also in athletics. He relished seeing students excel from the lowest achievement level to the highest and enjoyed coaching sports programs, especially basketball and girls' volleyball, winning several championships. A man of varied musical interests, he played the fiddle, taught square dancing, participated in a Bluegrass band, and sang in a quartet. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife of 68 years, Pearl Sharp Eaton; two infant children: Harold Wayne and Brenda Frances Eaton; two brothers: Roy H. Eaton and Sam Eaton, Jr.; and a sister, Edyth Prewitt. Survivors include two sons: Ralph (Lois) Eaton, of Bethel, Ohio, and Johnny (Tami) Eaton, of Corbin; two daughters: Ruth Bigelow, of Crosby, Texas, and Ella Vincent, of Wayne County; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers: Herbert and Charles Eaton; and a sister, Goldie Bingham; as well as other family members and many close friends, especially at Corbin Nursing Home, all who mourn his passing. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, March 23, 2007 in the Hart Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Charles Eaton and Rev. Bobby Joe Eaton officiating. Burial will follow in Worley Cemetery with relatives and friends serving as pallbearers. The family of Rev. Hobart Eaton will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Hart Funeral Home, located at 1011 Master Street in Corbin, is in charge of all arrangements.
Times-Tribune, The (Corbin, KY) | 22 March 2007
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- Rev. Hobart Claud Eaton, 95, of Corbin, passed away Monday, March 19, 2007 at Oak Tree Hospital. He was a member of Steele's Chapel Christian Church, where he was ordained as a minister in 1945.Born Sept. 8, 1911 in Corbin to the late Sam and Vergie Parker Eaton, he spent his life advocating Christianity and education. For 53 years, he devoted himself to the ministry, showing his love for moral values in both country and family and Christian ethics. Indeed, he performed the wedding ceremonies for three of his four children and lastly for his granddaughter when he was 91 years old. As well, for 36 years, he was a teacher who touched the lives of the students he dearly loved, helping them not only in academics but also in athletics. He relished seeing students excel from the lowest achievement level to the highest and enjoyed coaching sports programs, especially basketball and girls' volleyball, winning several championships. A man of varied musical interests, he played the fiddle, taught square dancing, participated in a Bluegrass band, and sang in a quartet. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife of 68 years, Pearl Sharp Eaton; two infant children: Harold Wayne and Brenda Frances Eaton; two brothers: Roy H. Eaton and Sam Eaton, Jr.; and a sister, Edyth Prewitt. Survivors include two sons: Ralph (Lois) Eaton, of Bethel, Ohio, and Johnny (Tami) Eaton, of Corbin; two daughters: Ruth Bigelow, of Crosby, Texas, and Ella Vincent, of Wayne County; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers: Herbert and Charles Eaton; and a sister, Goldie Bingham; as well as other family members and many close friends, especially at Corbin Nursing Home, all who mourn his passing. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, March 23, 2007 in the Hart Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Charles Eaton and Rev. Bobby Joe Eaton officiating. Burial will follow in Worley Cemetery with relatives and friends serving as pallbearers. The family of Rev. Hobart Eaton will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Hart Funeral Home, located at 1011 Master Street in Corbin, is in charge of all arrangements.
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