Richard Jack "Rick" Dobbins
Male
Date of Birth
7 AUG 1963
Gassaway, Braxton County, WV
Date of Death
20 AUG 2013
Gassaway, Braxton County, WV
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FAG 172857223 - unknown cemetery
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wvgazette.com Aug 22, 2013 Rick Dobbins, 50, of Frametown, passed away August 20, 2013, at Braxton County Memorial Hospital. He was born August 7, 1963, in Gassaway. Rick worked for Bi-Con of Derwent, Ohio, for 25 years as an equipment operator and superintendent. He was a 1981 graduate of Braxton County High School and an avid hunter, fisherman and motorcycle racer. Some of his favorite things were Mount Morris Motor Cross, Christmas, because he loved to give, and deer season. Rick loved to watch NASCAR and loved to encourage his nephew, Tyler, in all of his many sporting events. He was a youth wrestling coach; even though he had no children of his own, he influenced many children in the county and they called him "Uncle Rick." He was preceded in death by his mother, Elsie June Fox Dobbins, and grandparents, Jack and Eunice Dobbins and Herman and Bernice Fox. Surviving are his father, Kent Dobbins and wife, Brenda of Servia; sister, Shelley Cottrill and husband, Dennis, of Gassaway; nephew, Tyler Cottrill of Gassaway; aunts, Frances Garee of Bluefield and Patty Nutter of Gassaway; many aunts and uncles; as well as several cousins on both sides of family. Service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, August 24, at Gassaway Baptist Church with the Rev. Rich Demastus officiating. Burial will be at his camp in Dessie. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Gassaway Baptist Church. Condolences may be extended to the family at www.roachfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by Richard M. Roach Funeral Home, Gassaway.