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Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church with Rev. Kristen Richardson-Frick officiating.
Dr. Mobley was born in Anderson, SC, a son of the late William H. Mobley and Ree Bradley Mobley. Dr. Mobley had been a practicing optometrist in Orangeburg for nearly 50 years. Before he turned 26 years old Dr. Mobley had flown every airplane in the United States Army-Air Corps and had logged more than 2,000 hours. He got his private pilot’s license when he was 16 in Orangeburg, but four years later, he entered a pilot training program to learn “the Army’s way of flying.” During World War II, he was stationed in Great Falls, MT, and he flew all types of airplanes from there to Fairbanks, AK, so they could be picked up by either American or Russian soldiers. All planes, except for the P-38’s, were made in the U.S. and sent to Russia on a lend-lease program. Flying and practicing Optometry were his two life’s passions, along with his family. Dr. Mobley was a member St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. He was the widower of Judy Andrews Mobley.
Survivors: wife: Lucy Tyler Mobley of the home; 2 daughters: Mrs. Hinchie (Georgianna) McGee, Orangeburg, Mrs. Randall (Nancy) Swan, Mt. Pleasant; 3 sons: William Bradley Mobley, Jr., Columbia; Richard H. Mobley, Cayce, Robert Edel Mobley, Columbia; stepdaughter: Mrs. Carl (Iva) Strock, Cordova; stepson: Jeff Calcutt, Orangeburg; 10 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; stepgrandchildren; stepgreat-grandchildren
Family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home. At other times at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H.A. McGee, 332 Berry St., Orangeburg.
Memorials may be made to St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 1356 Amelia St., Orangeburg, SC 29115 or to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 120 Wall St., 19th Floor, New York City, NY 10005
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