Bob Hubbard

Services for Bobbie (Bob) Ray Hubbard, Jr., 71, of Canton, will be held 3 pm Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton with Benjamin Plaster officiating. Interment will be in Haven of Memories.

Bob went to be with his heavenly Father on Sunday, April 16, 2023, after a lengthy battle with liver disease. He was a beloved husband, father and PaPa Bob to his five grandchildren.

Bob was born on January 23, 1952, in Beaumont, Texas to Bobbie Ray Hubbard, Sr. and Billie Wanda Wesner Hubbard. Bob moved to Houston at a young age and then to San Antonio in 1965. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1970 and attended San Antonio College and Southwest Texas State University, in San Marcos, Texas. Bob met his future wife, Virginia Elaine Maxwell Hubbard at Southwest Texas State University and they married on June 8, 1974. Bob was a lifelong salesman, and Southwestern Bell moved them to Houston in 1977, where he worked for various yellow pages in the Houston area. Bob and Elaine raised their two sons, Brian and Jason in Houston where they enjoyed camping and fishing with friends. Bob and Elaine bought family land and retired to Canton, Texas, in 2017. "The Farm" became Bob's favorite place on earth, where he drove his Polaris buggy around his 40 acres, enjoyed his fishing pier and raised his Nigerian Pigmy goats for his agricultural exemption. Bob was a proud member of the Canton Lion's Club, where he served on the Executive Board.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Bob and Billie, and his sister, Patricia Lynn Hubbard. Bob is survived by his wife, of almost 49 years, Elaine; sons: Brian Robert Hubbard and wife, Vanessa, of Katy, Texas, and Jason Maxwell Hubbard of Canton, Texas; grandchildren: Jillian Lanee' Hubbard, Brian Robert Hubbard, Jr. and Cadan Graham Hubbard of Katy, Texas, and Shayne Avery Hubbard and Maxwell Lee Hubbard of Canton, Texas.

The pallbearers are childhood friends of Brian and Jason: Craig Fitzhugh, Chris Funchess, Vince Lucario, Billy Rittenberry, Brandon Smith and Luke Taylor, along with Brian and Jason.

A special thank you to Azalea Trail in Grand Saline and Harbor Hospice for their excellent care and compassion for Bob's last weeks.

Family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.