Norman Russell Jobe Jr.

He was the son of the late Norman Russell Jobe, Sr. and the late Eran Izard Jobe Zimm of Jackson, TN., and Mobile, AL. He was a native of Jackson, TN. and lived many years in Mobile where he graduated from University Military School in 1955. He attended The University of Alabama and received his degree in Business Administration in 1959. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He served as an officer in the army, stationed at Ft Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, IN., and later in the U.S. Army Reserve, the U.S. Air Force Reserve and the U.S. Naval Reserve. For many years he was associated with Fincher & Ozment Jewelry Co. in Tuscaloosa. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa, The Kiwanis Club, The Navy League and the Reserve Officers Association of the United States. He was also a proud member of a Mobile Mystic Society. Norman was a resident of Westminster Village and enjoyed the friendship and support of the community.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth “Betty” Ozment; and sister, Dale Jobe Jones.

He is survived by his two daughters, Katherine Jobe Coleman (Tim) of Winnetka, IL and Dorothy Jobe Dikeman (Marvin) of Atlanta, GA; four granddaughters, Erin Elizabeth Coleman, Kristen Coleman McMahon (Jack), Lane Thornely Dikeman and Emery Delancey Dikeman; sister, Eran “Dolly” Jobe Adams (N.Q.) of Mobile, AL; cousin Merle Izard Higgison (Peyton) of Sea Cliff, NY; as well as many nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

Honorary pallbearers will be Samuel Russell Adams, Rhys Jones, G. Porter Brock, Samuel Russ, Russell Goodloe, Cayce Rumsey, Ben Harris, Max L. Bailey, and Adm. Leighton W. Smith, Jr.

A graveside service will be held on Friday, November 23, 2018 at 10:30 in Pine Crest Cemetery on Dauphin Island Parkway in Mobile, AL. The family will receive condolences at a reception from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Sweetwater Café at the Lakewood Club, located at 6525 Battles Road in Fairhope, AL.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Wounded Warrior Project.