BOBBY GENE MARLER
BOBBY GENE MARLER OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI WAS BORN SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1954 IN BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI A SON OF THE LATE FRANK AND WILMA (HART) MARLER. BOBBY DEPARTED THIS LIFE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2003 AT HIS HOME SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING AND DEAR FAMILY AT THE AGE OF FORTY-NINE YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND ONE DAY.
BOBBY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO EDNA MARIE AMES NOVEMBER 3, 1973 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
BOBBY IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE OF TWENTY-NINE YEARS EDNA MARIE MARLER OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI; THREE LOVING DAUGHTERS, ANNA BISHOP OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WILMA MARLER OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI AND BOBBI MARLER OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI; TWO SISTERS, JANICE HAYS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND ANNETTE BEQUETTE AND HUSBAND MARK OF OLD MINES, MISSOURI; TWO BROTHERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW, VERNON AND BRENDA MARLER OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND JOE AND HOLLY MARLER OF NEW CARLISLE, OHIO; SEVEN LOVING AND DEAR GRANDCHILDREN, NICKIE BISHOP, VICKIE BISHOP, AMBER BISHOP, BOBBIE MISSEY, MICHAEL COURTWAY, ALEX NETHINGTON AND ALLEN NETHINGTON; BROTHER-IN-LAW, REV. JIM KELLEY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. BOBBY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, TWO SISTERS VIRGINIA KELLEY AND JUDY MARLER AND ONE BROTHER-IN-LAW JIM HAYS.
BOBBY WAS BETTER KNOWN AS CHAWPAPPY BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE ENJOYED TALKING ON HIS C.B. RADIO TO HIS MANY FRIENDS AROUND THE AREA. BOBBY LOVED TO PLAY HIS GUITAR AND WAS WITH THE GROUP "CITY OF GOLD" GOSPEL MUSIC PERFORMERS. BOBBY LOVED TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS PLAYING HORSESHOES AND GOING CAT FISHING. BOBBY HAD A LARGE AND OPEN HEART FOR HIS FAMILY. HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND EACH OF THEM HAD A VERY DEAR AND SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART.
VISITATION WAS HELD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2003 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND JIM KELLY OFFICIATING. MUSICAL SELECTIONS PLAYED WERE HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY AND DADDY'S HAND. BURIAL WAS AT THE SUNSET HILL CEMETERY, POTOSI, MISSOURI. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE DAVID HAYS, ALLAN HAYS, MARK AMES, JOE MARLER, BRYAN COURTWAY, ROBERT DRENNON, VERNON MARLER, DANNY COURTWAY AND FLOYD NETHINGTON.
SERVICES WERE ENTRUSTED TO THE CARE AND DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.