Robert Harold Hansbrough Jr.
Robert Harold Hansbrough SHREVEPORT, LA - Robert Harold Hansbrough, 85, died at home on April 10, 2013, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 15, at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 3301 St. Matthias Drive in Shreveport, LA. The Rev. Dr. Bill McBride will officiate. Interment will be held at noon on the same day at the NW LA Veterans Cemetery in Keithville, LA, the Very Rev. T. W. Stodghill III officiating. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Southside Drive. Mr. Hansbrough was born July 11, 1927, in McLaurin, MS, the elder son of John Calvin Hansbrough and Lula B. Carmichael Hansbrough. The family moved to Greenville, MS, where Mr. Hansbrough received his early education. A 1945 graduate of Greenville High School, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served on the aircraft carrier USS Princeton CV 37 until the end of WWII, achieving the rank of Fireman 2nd Class. He served as an instructor in swimming and boxing for his fellow sailors, and was awarded the American Theatre Medal and the Victory Medal. Mr. Hansbrough was discharged from the military in 1946 and entered Mississippi State University, graduating in 1951. He was married for more than fifty years to his childhood sweetheart, Coley Ham Hansbrough of Greenville, MS, with whom he reared three daughters. During his long career in the lawn and garden industry based in Greenville and in Monroe, LA, he received numerous national sales awards. Both Mr. Hansbrough and his wife were active in their congregations in both cities, and in The Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana, taking up residence at Hardtner Camp and Conference Center in Pollock, LA, in 1992. He served as Interim Camp Director and later Building and Grounds Manager in 1998, simultaneously completing the Bishop's School for Ministry. The diocese awarded him the Distinguished Servant Ministry Award in 2002 and the Bishop's Mount Olivet Award in 2003. In 2004 Mr. Hansbrough retired from Camp Hardtner to Shreveport, where he and his wife attended St. Matthias Episcopal Church. His ministry was the creation of The Labyrinth Project, spearheading the Labyrinth Committee and the facilitators' group. He was also active in the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Mr. Hansbrough was preceded in death by his wife, Coley, in 2008. He is survived by his three daughters and their families: Ann Elizabeth Bishop and Glenna Kleinkauf of Tecumseh, KS; Coley Hansbrough and Reneé Wiggins of Shreveport; Renee Susan Hansbrough and Karen Schneider of Baton Rouge, LA. Grandchildren are Robert Daniel Bishop and wife Kelly of Kansas City, MO; Glenn Ashley Carroll of Baton Rouge, LA; Charlotte Bishop of Tecumseh, KS; and Corry Wiggins and wife Katelynn of Nacogdoches, TX. Great-grandchildren are Madeline Coley Bishop and James Maxwell Bishop of Kansas City, MO. Gifts in memory of Robert Harold Hansbrough may be made to the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, or to Paralyzed Veterans of America, 801 18th Street NW, Washington DC 20006 1-800-424-8200 ext. 778.
Published in Shreveport Times on April 14, 2013
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F2 - Fireman Second Class (E-2) US Navy, World War II veteran. Shipmate of the USS Princeton CV-37 (attack aircraft carrier).
Robert Harold Hansbrough SHREVEPORT, LA - Robert Harold Hansbrough, 85, died at home on April 10, 2013, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 15, at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 3301 St. Matthias Drive in Shreveport, LA. The Rev. Dr. Bill McBride will officiate. Interment will be held at noon on the same day at the NW LA Veterans Cemetery in Keithville, LA, the Very Rev. T. W. Stodghill III officiating. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Southside Drive. Mr. Hansbrough was born July 11, 1927, in McLaurin, MS, the elder son of John Calvin Hansbrough and Lula B. Carmichael Hansbrough. The family moved to Greenville, MS, where Mr. Hansbrough received his early education. A 1945 graduate of Greenville High School, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served on the aircraft carrier USS Princeton CV 37 until the end of WWII, achieving the rank of Fireman 2nd Class. He served as an instructor in swimming and boxing for his fellow sailors, and was awarded the American Theatre Medal and the Victory Medal. Mr. Hansbrough was discharged from the military in 1946 and entered Mississippi State University, graduating in 1951. He was married for more than fifty years to his childhood sweetheart, Coley Ham Hansbrough of Greenville, MS, with whom he reared three daughters. During his long career in the lawn and garden industry based in Greenville and in Monroe, LA, he received numerous national sales awards. Both Mr. Hansbrough and his wife were active in their congregations in both cities, and in The Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana, taking up residence at Hardtner Camp and Conference Center in Pollock, LA, in 1992. He served as Interim Camp Director and later Building and Grounds Manager in 1998, simultaneously completing the Bishop's School for Ministry. The diocese awarded him the Distinguished Servant Ministry Award in 2002 and the Bishop's Mount Olivet Award in 2003. In 2004 Mr. Hansbrough retired from Camp Hardtner to Shreveport, where he and his wife attended St. Matthias Episcopal Church. His ministry was the creation of The Labyrinth Project, spearheading the Labyrinth Committee and the facilitators' group. He was also active in the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Mr. Hansbrough was preceded in death by his wife, Coley, in 2008. He is survived by his three daughters and their families: Ann Elizabeth Bishop and Glenna Kleinkauf of Tecumseh, KS; Coley Hansbrough and Reneé Wiggins of Shreveport; Renee Susan Hansbrough and Karen Schneider of Baton Rouge, LA. Grandchildren are Robert Daniel Bishop and wife Kelly of Kansas City, MO; Glenn Ashley Carroll of Baton Rouge, LA; Charlotte Bishop of Tecumseh, KS; and Corry Wiggins and wife Katelynn of Nacogdoches, TX. Great-grandchildren are Madeline Coley Bishop and James Maxwell Bishop of Kansas City, MO. Gifts in memory of Robert Harold Hansbrough may be made to the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, or to Paralyzed Veterans of America, 801 18th Street NW, Washington DC 20006 1-800-424-8200 ext. 778.
Published in Shreveport Times on April 14, 2013
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F2 - Fireman Second Class (E-2) US Navy, World War II veteran. Shipmate of the USS Princeton CV-37 (attack aircraft carrier).
Robert Harold Hansbrough Jr.
Robert Harold Hansbrough SHREVEPORT, LA - Robert Harold Hansbrough, 85, died at home on April 10, 2013, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 15, at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 3301 St. Matthias Drive in Shreveport, LA. The Rev. Dr. Bill McBride will officiate. Interment will be held at noon on the same day at the NW LA Veterans Cemetery in Keithville, LA, the Very Rev. T. W. Stodghill III officiating. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Southside Drive. Mr. Hansbrough was born July 11, 1927, in McLaurin, MS, the elder son of John Calvin Hansbrough and Lula B. Carmichael Hansbrough. The family moved to Greenville, MS, where Mr. Hansbrough received his early education. A 1945 graduate of Greenville High School, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served on the aircraft carrier USS Princeton CV 37 until the end of WWII, achieving the rank of Fireman 2nd Class. He served as an instructor in swimming and boxing for his fellow sailors, and was awarded the American Theatre Medal and the Victory Medal. Mr. Hansbrough was discharged from the military in 1946 and entered Mississippi State University, graduating in 1951. He was married for more than fifty years to his childhood sweetheart, Coley Ham Hansbrough of Greenville, MS, with whom he reared three daughters. During his long career in the lawn and garden industry based in Greenville and in Monroe, LA, he received numerous national sales awards. Both Mr. Hansbrough and his wife were active in their congregations in both cities, and in The Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana, taking up residence at Hardtner Camp and Conference Center in Pollock, LA, in 1992. He served as Interim Camp Director and later Building and Grounds Manager in 1998, simultaneously completing the Bishop's School for Ministry. The diocese awarded him the Distinguished Servant Ministry Award in 2002 and the Bishop's Mount Olivet Award in 2003. In 2004 Mr. Hansbrough retired from Camp Hardtner to Shreveport, where he and his wife attended St. Matthias Episcopal Church. His ministry was the creation of The Labyrinth Project, spearheading the Labyrinth Committee and the facilitators' group. He was also active in the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Mr. Hansbrough was preceded in death by his wife, Coley, in 2008. He is survived by his three daughters and their families: Ann Elizabeth Bishop and Glenna Kleinkauf of Tecumseh, KS; Coley Hansbrough and Reneé Wiggins of Shreveport; Renee Susan Hansbrough and Karen Schneider of Baton Rouge, LA. Grandchildren are Robert Daniel Bishop and wife Kelly of Kansas City, MO; Glenn Ashley Carroll of Baton Rouge, LA; Charlotte Bishop of Tecumseh, KS; and Corry Wiggins and wife Katelynn of Nacogdoches, TX. Great-grandchildren are Madeline Coley Bishop and James Maxwell Bishop of Kansas City, MO. Gifts in memory of Robert Harold Hansbrough may be made to the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, or to Paralyzed Veterans of America, 801 18th Street NW, Washington DC 20006 1-800-424-8200 ext. 778.
Published in Shreveport Times on April 14, 2013
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F2 - Fireman Second Class (E-2) US Navy, World War II veteran. Shipmate of the USS Princeton CV-37 (attack aircraft carrier).
Robert Harold Hansbrough SHREVEPORT, LA - Robert Harold Hansbrough, 85, died at home on April 10, 2013, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 15, at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 3301 St. Matthias Drive in Shreveport, LA. The Rev. Dr. Bill McBride will officiate. Interment will be held at noon on the same day at the NW LA Veterans Cemetery in Keithville, LA, the Very Rev. T. W. Stodghill III officiating. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Southside Drive. Mr. Hansbrough was born July 11, 1927, in McLaurin, MS, the elder son of John Calvin Hansbrough and Lula B. Carmichael Hansbrough. The family moved to Greenville, MS, where Mr. Hansbrough received his early education. A 1945 graduate of Greenville High School, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served on the aircraft carrier USS Princeton CV 37 until the end of WWII, achieving the rank of Fireman 2nd Class. He served as an instructor in swimming and boxing for his fellow sailors, and was awarded the American Theatre Medal and the Victory Medal. Mr. Hansbrough was discharged from the military in 1946 and entered Mississippi State University, graduating in 1951. He was married for more than fifty years to his childhood sweetheart, Coley Ham Hansbrough of Greenville, MS, with whom he reared three daughters. During his long career in the lawn and garden industry based in Greenville and in Monroe, LA, he received numerous national sales awards. Both Mr. Hansbrough and his wife were active in their congregations in both cities, and in The Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana, taking up residence at Hardtner Camp and Conference Center in Pollock, LA, in 1992. He served as Interim Camp Director and later Building and Grounds Manager in 1998, simultaneously completing the Bishop's School for Ministry. The diocese awarded him the Distinguished Servant Ministry Award in 2002 and the Bishop's Mount Olivet Award in 2003. In 2004 Mr. Hansbrough retired from Camp Hardtner to Shreveport, where he and his wife attended St. Matthias Episcopal Church. His ministry was the creation of The Labyrinth Project, spearheading the Labyrinth Committee and the facilitators' group. He was also active in the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Mr. Hansbrough was preceded in death by his wife, Coley, in 2008. He is survived by his three daughters and their families: Ann Elizabeth Bishop and Glenna Kleinkauf of Tecumseh, KS; Coley Hansbrough and Reneé Wiggins of Shreveport; Renee Susan Hansbrough and Karen Schneider of Baton Rouge, LA. Grandchildren are Robert Daniel Bishop and wife Kelly of Kansas City, MO; Glenn Ashley Carroll of Baton Rouge, LA; Charlotte Bishop of Tecumseh, KS; and Corry Wiggins and wife Katelynn of Nacogdoches, TX. Great-grandchildren are Madeline Coley Bishop and James Maxwell Bishop of Kansas City, MO. Gifts in memory of Robert Harold Hansbrough may be made to the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, or to Paralyzed Veterans of America, 801 18th Street NW, Washington DC 20006 1-800-424-8200 ext. 778.
Published in Shreveport Times on April 14, 2013
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