C.D. Mobley

for the last four years. Prior to his illness he resided in Mountain Brook’s Crestline Village for

the last 35 years.

CD was born on March 20, 1927 in Anderson, AL. He is preceded in death by his father S M

Mobley, his mother Lorene Campbell Mobley and his affable mother-in-law Eula Hunt. He is survived

by his wife of almost 68 years, Doris Hunt Mobley, sons Reggie (Cecelia) of Birmingham and Chris (Sarah

Sims) of Tuscaloosa and a daughter Jan Rice (Grantland III) of Mountain Brook. He is survived by

granddaughters Christina Mobley Dycus (Patton) of Washington, DC., KC Rice Hutchinson (John) of

Nashville, TN and Louise Mobley of Tuscaloosa; grandsons J. Hunt Mobley (Lindsey) and Grantland

Rice IV (Lauren) of Mountain Brook, Miller Mobley (Jana) of New York, NY Christopher and Fred

Mobley of Tuscaloosa. He leaves great-grandchildren, Grantland V, Mary Cleveland and Ward Rice, Dudley and Hendon Hutchinson and Frances Mae Mobley. CD is survived by five siblings Glenn Mobley

(Jean) of Columbia, TN; Waudine Cowen (George) of Fort Collins, Co; Nell Lamb of Florence, June

Grigsby (Gerald) of Athens and Carolyn Nixon of Huntsville.

CD volunteered for the US Navy and upon completion of training in the Great Lakes began a tour of duty in the Pacific. Returning to state-side he married Doris Hunt and started on a journey as a serial entrepreneur, opening his first business – a general mercantile near Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

Eight years later he “traded” his business for a clothing store in Fulton, MS. In 1969 he founded the

Varsity Shop in Tupelo, MS and partnered with his sons to open a Varsity Shop in Tuscaloosa in 1971

and in Mountain Brook’s Crestline Village in 1977. In 1984 he opened a new shop in Memphis and renamed all exiting shops – Mobley & Sons. In 2009 he retired from active management of his shops.

Throughout CD’s life journey, he was always an active member of a mission-based church is his respective community. For the last 27 years he was a faithful member of Briarwood Presbyterian.

A celebration of his life will be observed in the chapel at Briarwood on Friday May 1 at 11:00. The family will receive visitors beginning one hour prior to the services. CD was a faithful husband, loving father/grandfather, an accomplished proprietor and unbeknownst to some a prolific gardener but he would most of all relish being remembered as a humble servant of the Lord. In lieu of flowers the family request that you remember CD with a gift to a Briarwood mission fund.