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He was survived by his wife, Flo Baker Bobbitt, his daughter Marian Bobbitt Powell of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, his son, Lee Otis Bobbitt Jr. of Keslers Cross Lanes, and brothers and sisters, Dr. 0. H. Bobbitt of St. Petersburg, Florida, James S. Bobbitt of Bluefield, West Virginia, Virginia Bobbitt Flentje of Huntington, Lola Bobbitt Summers of Gauley Bridge. One brother, Samuel McClung Bobbitt of Summersville, had preceded him in death. His five grandchildren are Florence Anne Bobbitt, Patricia Sue Bobbitt, Linda Carol Bobbitt, children of Lee Otis and Helen Eakin Bobbitt Charlene Powell, Michael David Powell, children of Marian and Warder Powell.

Flo Baker Bobbitt lived alone in Summersville after the death of her husband. She was frequently visited by the members of her stepsons family. She had a close relationship with all the relatives of her husband and entertained them frequently. Flo Bobbitt was a remarkable woman. She had many of the same interests as her husband and was interested in Bobbitt family genealogy and Nicholas County history of families. She was a woman of strick moral convictions. She disliked organized groups for any reasons other than politics. She rarely went to church services, weddings or funerals. She had many friends and there was not one ounce of pretence in anything that she did or said.

In the later years of her life Flo Baker Bobbitt suffered unbelieveably from rheumatoid arthritis. She eventually had to make her home with her daughter, Marian in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

Flossie Baker Bobbitt was always called "Flo" by Lee Otis Bobbitt Senior. Most of her friends and relatives never knew her full name. She said that she didn't mind. Flo was born on December 21, 1897 the daughter of Joseph Edgar and Sarah Parker Baker. She died on December 30, 1982. Memorial services were held on Sunday January 2, 1983 at St. Martin's-in-the Fields Church, in Summersville with Dr. Wilburn Campbell, officiating. The services were attended by members of the family, her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Ashes of Flo Baker Bobbitt were scattered over the grave of Lee Otis Bobbitt Senior in Summersville in Walker Memorial Park.

Flo Bobbitt was a close friend as well as an Aunt to me. She researched , wrote, and preserved much of what we know about our branch of the Bobbitt family and their genealogy. She was one of those who most influenced me and encouraged me to write this work.