Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes Namesakes
County Hospital District, appointed to Parker County
Historical Commission and Chandor Foundation, Weath-
erford Rotary Club, and Board of Directors of Pecan
Valley MHMR. She has served on the board of directors
for Weatherford Christian School and was a Weatherford
City Councilwoman and member of Parker County Heri-
tage Society.
She is known as “The Lady Who Saved Chandor
Gardens,” one of the causes she works tirelessly to
further.
Jamie is also very active in her church, helps anyone
in the community she knows who needs a leg-up in their
careers, a kind word, is sick or sad.
Jamie is also famous for making the world’s greatest
chocolate pie. If you’ve done something extraordinary or
something exceptionally kind, one of the highest honors
you could hope to receive is one of Jamie’s famous pies.
The Jamie Bodiford Award winner should recieve a set
of Wonder Woman bracelets along with her award.
Philip Hobson Innovative
Entrepreneur Award
Philip Hobson,
and his lovely wife
Linda, had the
vision to establish
an air condition-
ing and heating
company back
in the day when
people had to be
convinced that they
needed air condi-
tioning. Today,
the company he
founded has over
300 employees and
services customers all over North Texas. All of his chil-
dren and most of his grandchildren are involved in the
company, Comfort Experts. Five years ago, the Hobson’s
recognized a niche in the market, namely very few skilled
air conditioning and heating technicians already in the
job force. The problem arose that when older technicians
would retire, there would be no one to take their places.
Philip and Brett Hobson were instrumental in establish-
ing the Perfect Technician Academy to develop and train
students to be ready for entrance into the industry.
In addition to growing and establishing a ground-
breaking company that provides well-paying secure
careers for Parker County and surrounding areas, Hobson
built the business while he was instrumental in establish-
ing The Promise in Glen Rose and supporting numerous
civil and philanthropic endeavors.
Larry Fowler Law
Enforcement Hero Award
Sheriff Larry
Fowler has been
Parker County’s
top cop and we
all appreciate his
hard work making
the streets safer
and allowing all of
us to sleep a little
better at night.
His distinguished
career began with
his graduation from
the Federal Law
Enforcement Acad-
emy and a stint with
the US Marshal’s
Service.
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