Bobby Kern Gregory was born October 8, 1934, in a little country farmhouse just outside the town of Dalton, Arkansas.
At the age of seventeen, during the height of Korean War, Bobby left the farm to serve his country in the United States Navy. After ten years of service, he received an honorable discharge. Having been blessed with a growing family, he began his career in the construction trade as a sheet metal worker.
Throughout his life, Bobby found real joy in the time spent with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His greatest joy was in the loving relationship he shared with his wife, Phyllis, to whom he was married for fifty-eight years.
Bobby was preceded in death his parents, James and Ethel Gregory; his father-in-law, Wallace; his mother-in-law, Charlotte; his granddaughter, Hayley; his daughter-in-law, Terri; four brothers and one sister.
At his passing, Bobby is survived by his wife, Phyllis; his seven children, Bobby, James, Dee, Rickey, Annette, Lawrence and Timothy; his daughter-in-law, Sarah; his son-in-law, Scott; his brother, Larry; his twenty-four grandchildren; twenty-three great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Funeral services with full Military Honors will be held Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 1 p.m., at the Healey Mortuary Chapel, 405 North Sanborn Road, Salinas, California 93905.
Interment will take place Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery.
Remembrances can be made to The Wounded Warrior Project in the name of Bobby K. Gregory
Arrangements are entrusted to the Healey Mortuary & Crematory.
Published in The Salinas Californian on February 13, 2014.
At the age of seventeen, during the height of Korean War, Bobby left the farm to serve his country in the United States Navy. After ten years of service, he received an honorable discharge. Having been blessed with a growing family, he began his career in the construction trade as a sheet metal worker.
Throughout his life, Bobby found real joy in the time spent with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His greatest joy was in the loving relationship he shared with his wife, Phyllis, to whom he was married for fifty-eight years.
Bobby was preceded in death his parents, James and Ethel Gregory; his father-in-law, Wallace; his mother-in-law, Charlotte; his granddaughter, Hayley; his daughter-in-law, Terri; four brothers and one sister.
At his passing, Bobby is survived by his wife, Phyllis; his seven children, Bobby, James, Dee, Rickey, Annette, Lawrence and Timothy; his daughter-in-law, Sarah; his son-in-law, Scott; his brother, Larry; his twenty-four grandchildren; twenty-three great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Funeral services with full Military Honors will be held Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 1 p.m., at the Healey Mortuary Chapel, 405 North Sanborn Road, Salinas, California 93905.
Interment will take place Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery.
Remembrances can be made to The Wounded Warrior Project in the name of Bobby K. Gregory
Arrangements are entrusted to the Healey Mortuary & Crematory.
Published in The Salinas Californian on February 13, 2014.
Bobby Kern Gregory was born October 8, 1934, in a little country farmhouse just outside the town of Dalton, Arkansas.
At the age of seventeen, during the height of Korean War, Bobby left the farm to serve his country in the United States Navy. After ten years of service, he received an honorable discharge. Having been blessed with a growing family, he began his career in the construction trade as a sheet metal worker.
Throughout his life, Bobby found real joy in the time spent with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His greatest joy was in the loving relationship he shared with his wife, Phyllis, to whom he was married for fifty-eight years.
Bobby was preceded in death his parents, James and Ethel Gregory; his father-in-law, Wallace; his mother-in-law, Charlotte; his granddaughter, Hayley; his daughter-in-law, Terri; four brothers and one sister.
At his passing, Bobby is survived by his wife, Phyllis; his seven children, Bobby, James, Dee, Rickey, Annette, Lawrence and Timothy; his daughter-in-law, Sarah; his son-in-law, Scott; his brother, Larry; his twenty-four grandchildren; twenty-three great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Funeral services with full Military Honors will be held Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 1 p.m., at the Healey Mortuary Chapel, 405 North Sanborn Road, Salinas, California 93905.
Interment will take place Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery.
Remembrances can be made to The Wounded Warrior Project in the name of Bobby K. Gregory
Arrangements are entrusted to the Healey Mortuary & Crematory.
Published in The Salinas Californian on February 13, 2014.
At the age of seventeen, during the height of Korean War, Bobby left the farm to serve his country in the United States Navy. After ten years of service, he received an honorable discharge. Having been blessed with a growing family, he began his career in the construction trade as a sheet metal worker.
Throughout his life, Bobby found real joy in the time spent with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His greatest joy was in the loving relationship he shared with his wife, Phyllis, to whom he was married for fifty-eight years.
Bobby was preceded in death his parents, James and Ethel Gregory; his father-in-law, Wallace; his mother-in-law, Charlotte; his granddaughter, Hayley; his daughter-in-law, Terri; four brothers and one sister.
At his passing, Bobby is survived by his wife, Phyllis; his seven children, Bobby, James, Dee, Rickey, Annette, Lawrence and Timothy; his daughter-in-law, Sarah; his son-in-law, Scott; his brother, Larry; his twenty-four grandchildren; twenty-three great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Funeral services with full Military Honors will be held Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 1 p.m., at the Healey Mortuary Chapel, 405 North Sanborn Road, Salinas, California 93905.
Interment will take place Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery.
Remembrances can be made to The Wounded Warrior Project in the name of Bobby K. Gregory
Arrangements are entrusted to the Healey Mortuary & Crematory.
Published in The Salinas Californian on February 13, 2014.
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