Hilary Mariah Hobbs

May 10, 1995 - August 30, 2013

Ms. Hilary Mariah Hobbs, 18, of 157 Mercer Lane, Cartersville,GA passed away on Friday, August 30, 2013. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 2:00PM at the Church at Liberty Square. Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. The body will lie in state at the church from 1:00 PM until the hour of service. The family will receive friends on Friday, September 6, 2013 from 5:00-6:00 PM. Hilary Mariah Hobbs was born May 10th,1995 to Regina Pruitt Hobbs and Curtis Hobbs of Cartersville, Georgia. Hilary attended Tabernacle Learning Center, Excel Academy, Cartersville Middle School and Cartersville High School where she graduated with the Class of 2013. Hilary was a registered student at Georgia Highlands. She was employed at Carmike Cinema Theater. Hilary was a member of Macedonia Pentecostal Holiness Church. At an early age Hilary began taking private piano lessons, later she developed an interest in playing the guitar and playing drums. Hilary was a member of the Cartersville High School Band as a percussionist and the Drummer Team, FCA, Bible Club and the Latin Team. Hilary also enjoyed singing, writing poetry and drawing. Hilary had planned her future, she was going to complete her core classes at Georgia Highlands and transfer to Georgia Tech, studying Marine Biology and become a Meteorologist. Hilary was a trendsetter, with a Unique Flare of her own. She cherished her enduring relationship with her big sister Heidi. Hilary's zest for life was displayed as she enjoyed hanging with her sister Heidi, Sarah, Robert, Carter and Brianna. Hilary's Circle of Friends, Heidi, Sarah, Carter and John decided this past July they would take a road trip to Daytona Beach Florida; this is where Hilary was able to take a photo of a thunderstorm. Hilary is preceded in death by her grandparents, uncles, and aunt: Betsy Ross Hobbs Armstrong, Woodrow Wilson Armstrong, Carlton Morgan, Terry Hobbs, and Hattie Thornton. Hilary is survived by her beloved and devoted parents, Regina Pruitt (Byron) Shaw and Curtis Hobbs; sister, Heidi Marie Hobbs and her dog Gizmo; grandparents, Pastor Elsie and McKinley Pruitt, Jr. ; a special aunt, Aretha Pruitt, Kimmie Wade all of Cartersville, Jacqelyn Morgan, Anita Rousse of Columbia,TN., Norma Easley of Chicago; step-aunts, Venetia (Michal) Flowers, Tammy Shaw of Cartersville and Darrell (Rosie) , Robert (Trina), and Tyree Armstrong all of Columbia,TN. Woodrow Wilson Armstrong, Jr of Chicago and Leslie Armstrong of Colorado;special cousins, O'Neal, LaToya, Misty, Kelsei, McKenze, McKinley IV, Skylar, Shanning, Nicholas and Anthony; a very special friend Robert Prentice, and a host of other relatives and friends.