The Greenwood Commonwealth, Saturday, March 21, 2009:
Robert H. Streeter, 92, of Greenwood died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Greenwood Leflore Hospital.
Robert H. Streeter was born on a farm in the red sandy clay hills of Chickasaw County in 1916. As a young man he became interested in the fields of electronics and mechanics and particularly in radio communications. Robert built his first radio receiver at the age of 12. During his late teens, Robert moved to Wilson, Ark., where he graduated high school, and began work at the oil mill doing wiring and electrical repair. As a young man he enlisted in the Army and spent time before World War II at Fort Bragg, N.C. During World War II he served in the Signal Corps as radio instructor to recruits being trained for overseas duty.
After the war he returned to the South and was employed as an electrical and industrial engineer at Supreme Instruments Corp., where he met and married Edith Slaughter. Robert is a self-taught electronics and industrial engineer. After two years with Supreme Instruments Corp., he started his own business, The Robert H. Streeter Company, which sold and serviced two-way mobile radio communications systems. He and his family operated the business for 25 years. In Robert's engineering career, he is credited with many electronic innovations from hi-gain antennas to quadraphase amplifiers and produced the first long-range mobile two-way communication system in the country.
After retiring from the communications business, he worked for Mississippi Educational Television Network and helped construct and maintain their systems across the state. He has been a member of the Exchange Club, Chamber of Commerce, Greenwood Little Theatre, Elks Club, American Radio, Relay League, and the Professional Billiards Association. His hobbies included ham radio, bowling, horticulture and billiards.
He is survived by his wife, Edith Slaughter Streeter of Greenwood; a son, Robert H. Streeter Jr. of Henderson, Nev.; two daughters, Jessye Whitis of Belton, Texas, and Linda Sellers of Grenada; a sister, Frances Wall of Woodland; a brother, Thomas H. Streeter of San Antonio, Texas; and four grandsons and one granddaughter.
A private family graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. today at Odd Fellows Cemetery. James Whitis of Belton, Texas, will officiate.
***Robert Streeter married Ruby Lee Shipman on 21 July 1940 in Paragould, Arkansas. To this union one daughter was born. Roberta Lee Streeter was born 27 July 1942 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Roberta Lee Streeter went on to become legendary singer Bobbie Gentry.
Robert H. Streeter, 92, of Greenwood died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Greenwood Leflore Hospital.
Robert H. Streeter was born on a farm in the red sandy clay hills of Chickasaw County in 1916. As a young man he became interested in the fields of electronics and mechanics and particularly in radio communications. Robert built his first radio receiver at the age of 12. During his late teens, Robert moved to Wilson, Ark., where he graduated high school, and began work at the oil mill doing wiring and electrical repair. As a young man he enlisted in the Army and spent time before World War II at Fort Bragg, N.C. During World War II he served in the Signal Corps as radio instructor to recruits being trained for overseas duty.
After the war he returned to the South and was employed as an electrical and industrial engineer at Supreme Instruments Corp., where he met and married Edith Slaughter. Robert is a self-taught electronics and industrial engineer. After two years with Supreme Instruments Corp., he started his own business, The Robert H. Streeter Company, which sold and serviced two-way mobile radio communications systems. He and his family operated the business for 25 years. In Robert's engineering career, he is credited with many electronic innovations from hi-gain antennas to quadraphase amplifiers and produced the first long-range mobile two-way communication system in the country.
After retiring from the communications business, he worked for Mississippi Educational Television Network and helped construct and maintain their systems across the state. He has been a member of the Exchange Club, Chamber of Commerce, Greenwood Little Theatre, Elks Club, American Radio, Relay League, and the Professional Billiards Association. His hobbies included ham radio, bowling, horticulture and billiards.
He is survived by his wife, Edith Slaughter Streeter of Greenwood; a son, Robert H. Streeter Jr. of Henderson, Nev.; two daughters, Jessye Whitis of Belton, Texas, and Linda Sellers of Grenada; a sister, Frances Wall of Woodland; a brother, Thomas H. Streeter of San Antonio, Texas; and four grandsons and one granddaughter.
A private family graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. today at Odd Fellows Cemetery. James Whitis of Belton, Texas, will officiate.
***Robert Streeter married Ruby Lee Shipman on 21 July 1940 in Paragould, Arkansas. To this union one daughter was born. Roberta Lee Streeter was born 27 July 1942 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Roberta Lee Streeter went on to become legendary singer Bobbie Gentry.
The Greenwood Commonwealth, Saturday, March 21, 2009:
Robert H. Streeter, 92, of Greenwood died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Greenwood Leflore Hospital.
Robert H. Streeter was born on a farm in the red sandy clay hills of Chickasaw County in 1916. As a young man he became interested in the fields of electronics and mechanics and particularly in radio communications. Robert built his first radio receiver at the age of 12. During his late teens, Robert moved to Wilson, Ark., where he graduated high school, and began work at the oil mill doing wiring and electrical repair. As a young man he enlisted in the Army and spent time before World War II at Fort Bragg, N.C. During World War II he served in the Signal Corps as radio instructor to recruits being trained for overseas duty.
After the war he returned to the South and was employed as an electrical and industrial engineer at Supreme Instruments Corp., where he met and married Edith Slaughter. Robert is a self-taught electronics and industrial engineer. After two years with Supreme Instruments Corp., he started his own business, The Robert H. Streeter Company, which sold and serviced two-way mobile radio communications systems. He and his family operated the business for 25 years. In Robert's engineering career, he is credited with many electronic innovations from hi-gain antennas to quadraphase amplifiers and produced the first long-range mobile two-way communication system in the country.
After retiring from the communications business, he worked for Mississippi Educational Television Network and helped construct and maintain their systems across the state. He has been a member of the Exchange Club, Chamber of Commerce, Greenwood Little Theatre, Elks Club, American Radio, Relay League, and the Professional Billiards Association. His hobbies included ham radio, bowling, horticulture and billiards.
He is survived by his wife, Edith Slaughter Streeter of Greenwood; a son, Robert H. Streeter Jr. of Henderson, Nev.; two daughters, Jessye Whitis of Belton, Texas, and Linda Sellers of Grenada; a sister, Frances Wall of Woodland; a brother, Thomas H. Streeter of San Antonio, Texas; and four grandsons and one granddaughter.
A private family graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. today at Odd Fellows Cemetery. James Whitis of Belton, Texas, will officiate.
***Robert Streeter married Ruby Lee Shipman on 21 July 1940 in Paragould, Arkansas. To this union one daughter was born. Roberta Lee Streeter was born 27 July 1942 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Roberta Lee Streeter went on to become legendary singer Bobbie Gentry.
Robert H. Streeter, 92, of Greenwood died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Greenwood Leflore Hospital.
Robert H. Streeter was born on a farm in the red sandy clay hills of Chickasaw County in 1916. As a young man he became interested in the fields of electronics and mechanics and particularly in radio communications. Robert built his first radio receiver at the age of 12. During his late teens, Robert moved to Wilson, Ark., where he graduated high school, and began work at the oil mill doing wiring and electrical repair. As a young man he enlisted in the Army and spent time before World War II at Fort Bragg, N.C. During World War II he served in the Signal Corps as radio instructor to recruits being trained for overseas duty.
After the war he returned to the South and was employed as an electrical and industrial engineer at Supreme Instruments Corp., where he met and married Edith Slaughter. Robert is a self-taught electronics and industrial engineer. After two years with Supreme Instruments Corp., he started his own business, The Robert H. Streeter Company, which sold and serviced two-way mobile radio communications systems. He and his family operated the business for 25 years. In Robert's engineering career, he is credited with many electronic innovations from hi-gain antennas to quadraphase amplifiers and produced the first long-range mobile two-way communication system in the country.
After retiring from the communications business, he worked for Mississippi Educational Television Network and helped construct and maintain their systems across the state. He has been a member of the Exchange Club, Chamber of Commerce, Greenwood Little Theatre, Elks Club, American Radio, Relay League, and the Professional Billiards Association. His hobbies included ham radio, bowling, horticulture and billiards.
He is survived by his wife, Edith Slaughter Streeter of Greenwood; a son, Robert H. Streeter Jr. of Henderson, Nev.; two daughters, Jessye Whitis of Belton, Texas, and Linda Sellers of Grenada; a sister, Frances Wall of Woodland; a brother, Thomas H. Streeter of San Antonio, Texas; and four grandsons and one granddaughter.
A private family graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. today at Odd Fellows Cemetery. James Whitis of Belton, Texas, will officiate.
***Robert Streeter married Ruby Lee Shipman on 21 July 1940 in Paragould, Arkansas. To this union one daughter was born. Roberta Lee Streeter was born 27 July 1942 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Roberta Lee Streeter went on to become legendary singer Bobbie Gentry.
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