| Hughes, Arkansas School Faculty Memorial |
| Wilma Laverne (West) Stobaugh November 11, 1916 – March 11, 2010 Social Studies, Vocal Music Tenure: 1959 to 1982 |
| Wilma Laverne (West) Stobaugh was born November 11, 1916 in Shirley, Arkansas, daughter of Oscar L. and Dora Wilma (Brown) West She graduated from high school in Clinton, Arkansas, received an Associate of Arts degree from Central Baptist College, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Arkansas State Teachers College. She married Roy Lawton Stobaugh on May 9,1941. Mrs. Stobaugh's career included teaching in Scotland, Cherry Valley and Turrell, Arkansas, a career that ended in retirement after some 20 years in Hughes. She taught a variety of subjects but loved teaching choral music and then on Sunday playing the piano and organ in her church. After retirement in 1982, she and Mr. Stobaugh moved to Conway, Arkansas. She and Mr. Stobaugh were the parents of two daughters, Suzanne and Sara Jane, both graduates of Hughes High School. After the passing of Mr. Stobaugh, Mrs. Stobaugh moved to Ojai, California, to live with daughter Suzanne. She died there on March 11, 2010, interment at Hunter Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Arkansas. |
