CHARLES (“CHARLIE”) EDWARD HOBACK, 80, OF CHARLESTON WV, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2024, AT CAMC MEMORIAL HOSPICE WITH HIS FAMILY BY HIS SIDE.

CHARLIE WAS BORN ON JUNE 3, 1944, IN CHATTAROY, WV, TO CHARLES HENRY HOBACK AND FAYE MARIE MCCOY HOBACK (“MEMMIE”).  CHARLIE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BOTH OF HIS PARENTS, AS WELL AS HIS SIBLINGS, GENE AND PAULINE HOBACK.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS TWO DAUGHTERS, ERIKA DAWN JARRELL (CHARLES JARRELL) AND AMBER LYNN HOBACK, HIS ONE TRUE LOVE CHARLENE HOBACK, AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

A PRIVATE SERVICE TO HONOR CHARLIE’S LIFE WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2024, AT SNODGRASS FUNERAL HOME.

CHARLIE WAS AN INCREDIBLY KIND, LOVING, ENDEARING SOUL WHO ENJOYED WATCHING MARSHALL FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL GAMES, AND SMOKING THE OCCASIONAL CIGAR.  HE LOVED TRAVELING, AS WELL AS LISTENING TO LIVE JAZZ MUSIC, AND ALBUMS BY LOU RAWLS AND MICHAEL MCDONALD.  CHARLIE EXCELLED AT SALES AND MAKING DEALS, LEAVING HIS CAREER AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES FOR PERSINGER SUPPLY COMPANY IN PRITCHARD, WV, TO BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR.  HE WAS DEARLY LOVED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.

IN LEIU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY ASKS THAT DONATIONS BE MADE TO THE LOCAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.