Bobby G. Hudson, 88, of Henderson, Kentucky, went to be with the Lord, Friday, December 29, 2023, at Deaconess Henderson Hospital.

He was born March 20, 1935, in Wynne, Arkansas, to the late James Hudson and Zillie Hudson Ninness.  Bobby was a 1954 graduate of Barrett Manual High School.  He was a U.S. Air Force veteran responsible for repairing aircraft metal.  For 38 years, Bobby worked for George Koch Sons in Evansville where he was a sheet metal journeyman and later shop supervisor.  He and his family were members of the camping club Chigger Diggers camping on weekends during the children's childhood.  Bobby and his wife, Shannon, traveled to every state in the United States with the Pennyrile Gold Wing motorcycle club, and he made motorcycle luggage trailers for members of the club.  He was an avid UK basketball fan.  His home away from home was his lake house near Prizer Point on Lake Barkley.  Bobby was also a member of First United Methodist Church.  He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather who enjoyed spending time with his family.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his stepfather, Jesse Ninness; his sister, Jimmie Beck; one brother, Jerry Hudson; and his brothers-in-law, Rick Liggett and Ronnie Harris.

Survivors include his loving and devoted wife of 67 years, Shannon Hudson; two children, Tim Hudson and his wife, Hannah, and Malayna Deig and her husband, Dan, all of Henderson, Kentucky; two sisters, Carolyn Harris of Greenwood, Indiana, and Patsy Liggett of Henderson, Kentucky; one sister-in-law, Phylis Hudson of Goodlettsville, Tennessee; one brother-in-law, Tony Beck of Henderson, Kentucky; four grandchildren, Emily Fulkerson and her husband, Matthew, Matthew Hudson and his wife, Haley, Elizabeth Wilson and her husband, Lance, and Colin Hudson; seven great-grandchildren, Ella Fulkerson, Madeline Fulkerson, Cleo Hudson, Lawton Wilson, Atlas Wilson, Audie Wilson, and Eldon Wilson; and nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, January 5, 2024, at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home.  The Reverend Cindy Green and the Reverend Gary A. Chapman will officiate.  Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens with full military rites performed by American Legion Worsham Post No. 40.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, January 4, 2024, and until service time Friday at the funeral home.

Contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church.

Pallbearers will be Matthew Hudson, Colin Hudson, Matthew Fulkerson, Lance Wilson, and nephews, Barry Hudson, Jason Harris, and Rick Liggett.

Online condolences may be made at www.rudyrowland.com.