Local woman celebrates 90th birthday
Society
May 11, 2020

Local woman celebrates 90th birthday

By From JT Staff Reports

Rosalie Hobbs Phelps celebrates her 90th birthday today.  She was born the 12th child of Elisha and Laura Hobbs in Apple Grove, West Virginia.  She married Ivan Phelps (deceased in 2013) in 1948.  They had four children, Roger (deceased), Marlene, Rita and Cheryl.  She has six gr...

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By From JT Staff Reports 
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Society
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