MOTHER: Beulah Sedwick, 1906 - 1970
FATHER: Ralph Roll Bobbitt, 1907 - 1991
WIFE: Burdina Root
OBITUARY:
On October 22, Ralph Bobbitt passed away at 86 years of age at his home in Independence, Missouri. A memorial service will be held at the Stone Church in Independence, Missouri on November 2 at 4:00 p.m.
Ralph was born in Houston, Texas on February 3, 1928 to his parents, Ralph Roll Bobbitt and the former Bula Sedgwick.
He was an outstanding athlete in both football and basketball, and a sixteen-year old team captain and point guard for his basketball team. He graduated with honors from John H. Regan High School in 1945 and accepted a combined basketball and football scholarship from Rice University. In 1945, his freshman year, he played point guard against what would be called NCAA Division I teams today, including Pfog Allen’s University of Kansas team. One sportswriter opined that he was possibly the best defensive player in the Southwest Conference.
While at Rice, Ralph was also a standout vocalist with the university's opera club, according to the Houston Chronicle. In three years, by June 1948, Ralph graduated from Rice University with a double major in biology and chemistry.
After marrying his high school sweetheart, both he and his wife, the former Burdina Root, completed their master’s degrees at the University of Texas at Austin in 1951.
In July 1951, Ralph entered appointment as a full-time minister for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he served for 11 years. In 1962, he returned to Austin and spent four years obtaining his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas.
For 21 years at Graceland University, he was a college professor who asked for, and expected, excellence from his students. In retirement, Ralph was known by young people throughout Independence as “coach” for the many young people that he took painstaking hours to teach the game of basketball and to witness of the gospel of Christ.
Ralph left behind a loving wife, Burdina Bobbitt, two brothers who still reside in Texas and their sons, two sons of his own, two daughters-in-law and nine grandchildren, who he loved and nurtured with all of his heart.
By the life that he lived, Ralph had a profound impact on everyone that he met, always pointing everyone to the Lord Jesus! Online condolences may be expressed at www.speakschapel.com.
SOURCE: http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/
990060/Bobbitt-Ralph.php
FATHER: Ralph Roll Bobbitt, 1907 - 1991
WIFE: Burdina Root
OBITUARY:
On October 22, Ralph Bobbitt passed away at 86 years of age at his home in Independence, Missouri. A memorial service will be held at the Stone Church in Independence, Missouri on November 2 at 4:00 p.m.
Ralph was born in Houston, Texas on February 3, 1928 to his parents, Ralph Roll Bobbitt and the former Bula Sedgwick.
He was an outstanding athlete in both football and basketball, and a sixteen-year old team captain and point guard for his basketball team. He graduated with honors from John H. Regan High School in 1945 and accepted a combined basketball and football scholarship from Rice University. In 1945, his freshman year, he played point guard against what would be called NCAA Division I teams today, including Pfog Allen’s University of Kansas team. One sportswriter opined that he was possibly the best defensive player in the Southwest Conference.
While at Rice, Ralph was also a standout vocalist with the university's opera club, according to the Houston Chronicle. In three years, by June 1948, Ralph graduated from Rice University with a double major in biology and chemistry.
After marrying his high school sweetheart, both he and his wife, the former Burdina Root, completed their master’s degrees at the University of Texas at Austin in 1951.
In July 1951, Ralph entered appointment as a full-time minister for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he served for 11 years. In 1962, he returned to Austin and spent four years obtaining his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas.
For 21 years at Graceland University, he was a college professor who asked for, and expected, excellence from his students. In retirement, Ralph was known by young people throughout Independence as “coach” for the many young people that he took painstaking hours to teach the game of basketball and to witness of the gospel of Christ.
Ralph left behind a loving wife, Burdina Bobbitt, two brothers who still reside in Texas and their sons, two sons of his own, two daughters-in-law and nine grandchildren, who he loved and nurtured with all of his heart.
By the life that he lived, Ralph had a profound impact on everyone that he met, always pointing everyone to the Lord Jesus! Online condolences may be expressed at www.speakschapel.com.
SOURCE: http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/
990060/Bobbitt-Ralph.php
MOTHER: Beulah Sedwick, 1906 - 1970
FATHER: Ralph Roll Bobbitt, 1907 - 1991
WIFE: Burdina Root
OBITUARY:
On October 22, Ralph Bobbitt passed away at 86 years of age at his home in Independence, Missouri. A memorial service will be held at the Stone Church in Independence, Missouri on November 2 at 4:00 p.m.
Ralph was born in Houston, Texas on February 3, 1928 to his parents, Ralph Roll Bobbitt and the former Bula Sedgwick.
He was an outstanding athlete in both football and basketball, and a sixteen-year old team captain and point guard for his basketball team. He graduated with honors from John H. Regan High School in 1945 and accepted a combined basketball and football scholarship from Rice University. In 1945, his freshman year, he played point guard against what would be called NCAA Division I teams today, including Pfog Allen’s University of Kansas team. One sportswriter opined that he was possibly the best defensive player in the Southwest Conference.
While at Rice, Ralph was also a standout vocalist with the university's opera club, according to the Houston Chronicle. In three years, by June 1948, Ralph graduated from Rice University with a double major in biology and chemistry.
After marrying his high school sweetheart, both he and his wife, the former Burdina Root, completed their master’s degrees at the University of Texas at Austin in 1951.
In July 1951, Ralph entered appointment as a full-time minister for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he served for 11 years. In 1962, he returned to Austin and spent four years obtaining his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas.
For 21 years at Graceland University, he was a college professor who asked for, and expected, excellence from his students. In retirement, Ralph was known by young people throughout Independence as “coach” for the many young people that he took painstaking hours to teach the game of basketball and to witness of the gospel of Christ.
Ralph left behind a loving wife, Burdina Bobbitt, two brothers who still reside in Texas and their sons, two sons of his own, two daughters-in-law and nine grandchildren, who he loved and nurtured with all of his heart.
By the life that he lived, Ralph had a profound impact on everyone that he met, always pointing everyone to the Lord Jesus! Online condolences may be expressed at www.speakschapel.com.
SOURCE: http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/
990060/Bobbitt-Ralph.php
FATHER: Ralph Roll Bobbitt, 1907 - 1991
WIFE: Burdina Root
OBITUARY:
On October 22, Ralph Bobbitt passed away at 86 years of age at his home in Independence, Missouri. A memorial service will be held at the Stone Church in Independence, Missouri on November 2 at 4:00 p.m.
Ralph was born in Houston, Texas on February 3, 1928 to his parents, Ralph Roll Bobbitt and the former Bula Sedgwick.
He was an outstanding athlete in both football and basketball, and a sixteen-year old team captain and point guard for his basketball team. He graduated with honors from John H. Regan High School in 1945 and accepted a combined basketball and football scholarship from Rice University. In 1945, his freshman year, he played point guard against what would be called NCAA Division I teams today, including Pfog Allen’s University of Kansas team. One sportswriter opined that he was possibly the best defensive player in the Southwest Conference.
While at Rice, Ralph was also a standout vocalist with the university's opera club, according to the Houston Chronicle. In three years, by June 1948, Ralph graduated from Rice University with a double major in biology and chemistry.
After marrying his high school sweetheart, both he and his wife, the former Burdina Root, completed their master’s degrees at the University of Texas at Austin in 1951.
In July 1951, Ralph entered appointment as a full-time minister for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he served for 11 years. In 1962, he returned to Austin and spent four years obtaining his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas.
For 21 years at Graceland University, he was a college professor who asked for, and expected, excellence from his students. In retirement, Ralph was known by young people throughout Independence as “coach” for the many young people that he took painstaking hours to teach the game of basketball and to witness of the gospel of Christ.
Ralph left behind a loving wife, Burdina Bobbitt, two brothers who still reside in Texas and their sons, two sons of his own, two daughters-in-law and nine grandchildren, who he loved and nurtured with all of his heart.
By the life that he lived, Ralph had a profound impact on everyone that he met, always pointing everyone to the Lord Jesus! Online condolences may be expressed at www.speakschapel.com.
SOURCE: http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/
990060/Bobbitt-Ralph.php
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