Hobby’s Corner
The Hobby Family
William P. Hobby Jr.
(1932–Present) William Pettus Hobby Jr., the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Texas, was born in Houston, Texas, the only son of William P. Hobby Sr. and Oveta Culp Hobby.
William P. Hobby Sr.
(1878–1964) William Pettus Hobby, editor, publisher, and governor of Texas, was born in Moscow, Texas, on March 26, 1878, the son of Eudora Adeline (Pettus) and Edwin E. Hobby.
Oveta Culp Hobby
(1905–1995) Oveta Culp Hobby, first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, born in Killeen, Texas, on January 19, 1905, the daughter of Ike W. and Emma Elizabeth (Hoover) Culp.
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