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Windsor Hobbs obituary, 1940-2026, Raleigh, NC

BORN

1940

DIED

2026

FUNERAL HOME

City of Oaks Funeral Home & Cremations

4900 Green Road

Raleigh, North Carolina

UPCOMING SERVICE

Funeral Service

Apr. 10, 2026

1:30 p.m.

St. Michael's Episcopal Church

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Windsor Hobbs Obituary

Windsor Keith Hobbs was born on July 13th, 1940 to Benjamin Franklin Hobbs and Cleo Spell in Warsaw, NC.

Keith enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time in the outdoors as a young man, which carried over into his life as a devoted father of two sons.

He was very active in their lives, supporting them through the Boy Scouts, swim meets, wrestling matches, and cross country competitions.

Both Vance and Reid became Eagle Scouts in Troop 118 in Charlotte.

Keith attended East Carolina University and was a diehard Pirate fan. He loved to rub it in when they won games over NCSU.

He was also a member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, as were both of his boys.

His career in advertising and public relations began with the American Heart Association in Richmond, Virginia.

This led him to Raleigh to work for mortgage lenders Cameron-Brown and First Union in Charlotte; then to the PR firm Loeffler/Ketchum/Mountjoy.

Keith later went on to form his own company, Business Services Associates, where he had a long career helping his clients gain exposure for their products and services.

Most importantly, Keith was endlessly devoted to his wife of 58 years. He was married to Charlotte "Cindy" Eller on July 1, 1967 in Greensboro, NC.

Keith passed peacefully in hospice on the morning of January 24th.

He is survived by his wife Cindy and his two boys; Vance of West Point, VA and Reid of Wilmington, NC as well as sister in-laws Julie Eiwen of Morgan Hill, CA, Melissa Eller of Salisbury, NC, and Susan Nepomuceno of Beaver Dam, VA and had many nieces and nephews.

Adios, friend. It certainly was quite a party.

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Published by Charlotte Observer from Mar. 25 to Apr. 3, 2026.

Memorial Events
for Windsor Hobbs

Apr

10

Funeral service

1:30 p.m.

St. Michael's Episcopal Church

1520 Canterbury Rd, Raleigh, NC

Apr

10

Celebration of Life

3:00 p.m.

Glenwood Grill

2603 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC

Funeral services provided by:

City of Oaks Funeral Home & Cremations

4900 Green Road, Raleigh, NC 27616

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Nancy Forman Eaton

March 26, 2026

Dear Hobbs family:
I was so saddened to hear about Keith from Bill Loeffler. We were looking forward to possibly seeing him at our work reunion in February. One of my fondest memories of Keith was when he was a client and at Cameron-Brown. He received his monthly invoice and called Bill to let him know that it was not added up correctly. I, being the accounting manager, was called into Bill's office and questioned about the mishap. It turned out that Keith's batteries in his calculator were dying and not producing the correct sum. That Christmas, we gave Keith a solar-powered calculator, for which he received with a huge smile.
His humor and good nature will certainly be missed, and I'm fortunate to have known him.

With sincere condolences

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