1948

 Otto Morris “Toby” Jacobs Jr. was born on 16 Jul 1948 in South Carolina, USA a child of Otto Morris Jacobs Sr. and Gladys B Peake.

1950

Otto M Jacobs, Jr was counted in the census on 05 Apr 1950 in Pontiac, Richland, South Carolina, USA, as a 1-year-old, male, single, white, son. Also in the home were; his father, Otto M Jacobs; his mother, Gladys Jacobs; and his siblings, Alice Faye Jacobs, Linda D Jacobs, and Marsine Jacobs.

On September 20, 1950, Otto Jacobs, Jr was mentioned in the newspaper article “Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs Entertain at Dinner.“

1973

When he was 25, he married Sarah Aletha Jones, daughter of Hugh E. Jones, on 18 Aug 1973.

On August 19, 1973, Otto “Toby” Morris Jacobs Jr. was mentioned in the newspaper article “Jacobs – Jones.”

1986

On April 15, 1986, Toby Jacobs was mentioned as a pallbearer in the obituary of Miss Eloise Gaynell Jacobs.

2002

On May 19, 2002, Toby Jacobs was mentioned as the living son in the obituary of Otto Morris Jacobs.

2008

On January 6, 2008, Toby Jacobs was mentioned as the living son in the obituary of Mrs Gladys B Jacobs.

2011

He died on 03 May 2011.

Toby Jacobs

Hopkins: A memorial service for Toby Jacobs, 62, of Hopkins will be held at 7:30 o’clock Friday, May 6, 2011 at Greenlawn Baptist Church, officiated by Pastor Rickey Jacobs. The family will receive friends beginning at 6 o’clock prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be made to the American Liver Foundation, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603, New York, NY 10038-4810 or to The Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation, P.O. Box 1028, Bedford, MA 01730. Shives Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel is assisting the family.

Born in Richland County, July 16, 1948, he was a son for the late Otto M. Jacobs, Sr., and Gladys B. Peake.

During the Vietnam War, he worked in Special Service while being stationed in Korea with the US Army as a musician. Toby had been owner/operator of several nightclubs in Richland as well as Kershaw County where he ran “FRIENDS” in Lugoff.

Toby and his wife Aletha toured the Mediterranean, Panama and Honduras with the Department of Defense USO Tours. Toby was also known as a singer, songwriter and was currently working in Nashville, TN. He also worked in the land development business in Kershaw County. Toby continued his work with H. E. Jones and Assoc. following the death of his father-in-law.

Survivors include his wife of 37 years Aletha; daughter, Buffi C. Jacobs and fiancé, Andrew H. Chard of Dallas, TX; sisters, Faye Hornsby of Lugoff; Linda Jacobs Gilbert of Lugoff; Marsene Jacobs of Lugoff; brothers Pastor Rickey Jacobs of Elgin; Chris Jacobs of Lugoff; brother-in-law, Phillip Jones of Hopkins.