Peggy Hobbs of Franklin, Tennessee, age 84, passed away on March 22, 2019 in Cool Springs. She was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 23, 1935 to the late John H. and Mildred N. Batson. She graduated from Vanderbilt University and received her Masters Degree from Peabody College. In 1956 she began her teaching career at Glendale Elementary. In 1964 she became a consultant for Metro Public Schools. In 1968 she resumed her passion for teaching at Percy Priest Elementary and in 1982 accepted a position at Oak Hill School. In 1988 she received the Hubert Smothers Award for Distinguished Teaching and Dedicated Service from the Tennessee Association of Independent Schools. Peggy was a charter member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an honorary teacher's sorority, and served as President. Upon her retirement in 2006 after 50 years of teaching she stated, "The thing I hope to leave my students with is a love for learning." Peggy also taught Sunday School for a combined 62 years at Belmont Methodist, Glendale Baptist, Judson Baptist, and Forest Hills Baptist churches. Peggy was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, William Miller Hobbs, Jr. She is survived by two children, Allen Gardner Hobbs and Martha Ansley Hobbs, her brother Neal Batson, other family and her beloved caregiver, Ann.
The family will receive friends at Mount Olivet Funeral Home from 4-7 pm, March 25, 2019. A Celebration of Life will be held at Forest Hills Baptist Church at 11:00 am on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 with Dr. Sam Boyd officiating. Interment will follow at the Historic Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee with Richard Girdler, Jr., John McLemore, Brian Townsend, Ricky Widmer and Jim Woodbury serving as pallbearers.
