Sun, Nov 22 2009
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Sons of Confederate Veterans memorialize historic figure By Karen Middletonkaren@athensnews-courier.com
‘A simple man’ The restored stateliness of the Hobbs plot in Athens City Cemetery is in marked contrast to Hobbs’ final resting place in Virginia. When he died from complications of a severe leg wound several days after the Battle of Richmond, his widow, Anne Benagh Hobbs, placed a small stone above his grave inscribed, “A brave and simple man who died in a brave and simple faith.” Kathy Horton Garrett said Wednesday that Saturday’s commemoration of her ancestor is “very humbling.” “We really appreciate what they have done,” said Garrett. “Everybody in the family, especially David, whose parents are buried there, are thrilled. We really appreciate both the American and Confederate flags being flown there. It is a wonderful acknowledgement of what Thomas Hubbard Hobbs and his leadership meant to this community.” Garrett jokingly commented, “It really puts a lot of pressure on us to live up to all that,” but she has been reared in the knowledge of how deep her roots extend into this community. Her mother, Katherine Horton, widow of Donelson, owns a chest of drawers from which the drawers are missing. The drawers were used by invading Union soldiers as horse troughs and the family refused to have replacements made as the piece of gutted furniture became a symbol of the struggle for which their ancestor died. 
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