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Submitted: 9/29/19 • Approved: 9/29/19 • Last Updated: 3/13/23 • R1278266-G1053526-S3
Edna Faye
Sept 11, 1927 - Dec 9, 2007
Robert Barry
January 5, 1927 - September 27, 2019
Obituary
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Robert Barry Gill, Jr., 92, of Conway, went to be with his Lord Friday, September 27, 2019. He was born Wednesday, January 5, 1927 in Atkins, Arkansas to the late Robert Barry Gill, Sr. and the late Lila Lucille Kinder Gill.
Mr. Gill was the manager of four different Kroger locations in Conway, a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, attended Antioch Baptist Church and the Cowboy Church. He was a member of the Lions Club and Green Grove Masonic Lodge #107. He loved to quail hunt, play golf and mow lawns. He always listened to the broadcasting of the Conway Christian baseball and football games that his grandson Brandon played in. He was a fan of the Chicago Cubs and John Wayne movies.
Mr. Gill was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Edna Faye Stell Gill; two brothers, James Allen Gill and Jerry Otis Gill; two sisters, Gwendolyn Gill and Evelynn M. Douglas; and a great granddaughter, Lauren Elaine Shaw.
He leaves to cherish his memory a daughter, Linda Skyrme of Conway; two grandchildren, William Kenfield Shaw, Jr. and his wife Sarah Pew-Shaw and Shannon Skyrme and his wife Brandi Holt-Skyrme; four great-grandchildren, Allison Elizabeth Shaw, Emile Ann Shaw, Brandon Kenfield Shaw and Braven Storm Skyrme; and a host of other family and friends.
Family visitation will be Tuesday, October 1, 2019, 6:00-8:00PM at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Conway. Funeral service will be Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 1:00PM in the funeral home chapel with Jim McDonald officiating. Entombment will follow in Crestlawn Mausoleum.
Pallbearers will be Brandon Kenfield Shaw, Braven Storm Skyrme, Grady Baker, Larry Jolley, Tommy Padgett and Joel Scott.
Honorary pallbearers are L.G. Reynolds, Bob Riddle and Larry Wilkerson.
The family wants to give a special thank you to Mr. Gill's caregivers Tammy Deckard, Sherry Sutterfield, Robert Moore and Brittany Payne.
In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the charity of your choice.
Contributed on 9/29/19 by hawkinsdonna
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