Mr. Robert Vernon Tomlinson passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2009, in Calhoun Liberty Hospital.
He was born on January 30, 1919, in Mitchell, Indiana. He moved to Florida in 1999 and had lived in Blountstown for the last seven years with his daughter and son-in-law. He retired from Crane Naval in Indiana and worked with Mitchell Motors and at Spring Hill State Park in Indiana. He was in the military services from September 8, 1942 to October 16, 1945. He was a P.F.C. of Co. Btry. A. 740 FA, BN. He got EAME theater ribbon with 4 Bronze Stars with Bronze Arrowhead per WD GO#33/45; Good Conduct Ribbon per GO 147 HQ 396/43 and served in Sicily, Rome-ARNO; Rhineland; Southern France. He was in the Masons and was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite gold member of Lodge #228 in Mitchell, Indiana, and in the American Legion Post 250 with 50 years of service.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 60 years, Geneva Lucille Tomlinson; a brother, Jim Tomlinson; a sister, Betty Tomlinson; parents, Jesse and Gladys Tomlinson.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Rose Mary Gerkin, of Marengo, IL; one daughter, Brenda J. Varnes, and husband, Greg, of Blountstown; one son, John R. Tomlinson, and wife, Linda, of Mesquite, TX; three grandchildren, Cheryl Cataldo and her husband, Lenny, Timmy Chastain and his companion, Deanna Parker, of Blountstown, Melissa Tomlinson of St. Louis, MO; four great-grandchildren, Tyler and Santanna Cataldo, Kristrother and Shelby Chastain.
Funeral services were held Sunday, February 1, at 1:00 p.m. (CT) at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel with Greg Varnes officiating. Interment followed in the Nettle Ridge Cemetery in Blountstown with military honors by the American Legion Post #272.
All arrangements were under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 850-674-2266).
He was born on January 30, 1919, in Mitchell, Indiana. He moved to Florida in 1999 and had lived in Blountstown for the last seven years with his daughter and son-in-law. He retired from Crane Naval in Indiana and worked with Mitchell Motors and at Spring Hill State Park in Indiana. He was in the military services from September 8, 1942 to October 16, 1945. He was a P.F.C. of Co. Btry. A. 740 FA, BN. He got EAME theater ribbon with 4 Bronze Stars with Bronze Arrowhead per WD GO#33/45; Good Conduct Ribbon per GO 147 HQ 396/43 and served in Sicily, Rome-ARNO; Rhineland; Southern France. He was in the Masons and was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite gold member of Lodge #228 in Mitchell, Indiana, and in the American Legion Post 250 with 50 years of service.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 60 years, Geneva Lucille Tomlinson; a brother, Jim Tomlinson; a sister, Betty Tomlinson; parents, Jesse and Gladys Tomlinson.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Rose Mary Gerkin, of Marengo, IL; one daughter, Brenda J. Varnes, and husband, Greg, of Blountstown; one son, John R. Tomlinson, and wife, Linda, of Mesquite, TX; three grandchildren, Cheryl Cataldo and her husband, Lenny, Timmy Chastain and his companion, Deanna Parker, of Blountstown, Melissa Tomlinson of St. Louis, MO; four great-grandchildren, Tyler and Santanna Cataldo, Kristrother and Shelby Chastain.
Funeral services were held Sunday, February 1, at 1:00 p.m. (CT) at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel with Greg Varnes officiating. Interment followed in the Nettle Ridge Cemetery in Blountstown with military honors by the American Legion Post #272.
All arrangements were under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 850-674-2266).
Mr. Robert Vernon Tomlinson passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2009, in Calhoun Liberty Hospital.
He was born on January 30, 1919, in Mitchell, Indiana. He moved to Florida in 1999 and had lived in Blountstown for the last seven years with his daughter and son-in-law. He retired from Crane Naval in Indiana and worked with Mitchell Motors and at Spring Hill State Park in Indiana. He was in the military services from September 8, 1942 to October 16, 1945. He was a P.F.C. of Co. Btry. A. 740 FA, BN. He got EAME theater ribbon with 4 Bronze Stars with Bronze Arrowhead per WD GO#33/45; Good Conduct Ribbon per GO 147 HQ 396/43 and served in Sicily, Rome-ARNO; Rhineland; Southern France. He was in the Masons and was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite gold member of Lodge #228 in Mitchell, Indiana, and in the American Legion Post 250 with 50 years of service.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 60 years, Geneva Lucille Tomlinson; a brother, Jim Tomlinson; a sister, Betty Tomlinson; parents, Jesse and Gladys Tomlinson.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Rose Mary Gerkin, of Marengo, IL; one daughter, Brenda J. Varnes, and husband, Greg, of Blountstown; one son, John R. Tomlinson, and wife, Linda, of Mesquite, TX; three grandchildren, Cheryl Cataldo and her husband, Lenny, Timmy Chastain and his companion, Deanna Parker, of Blountstown, Melissa Tomlinson of St. Louis, MO; four great-grandchildren, Tyler and Santanna Cataldo, Kristrother and Shelby Chastain.
Funeral services were held Sunday, February 1, at 1:00 p.m. (CT) at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel with Greg Varnes officiating. Interment followed in the Nettle Ridge Cemetery in Blountstown with military honors by the American Legion Post #272.
All arrangements were under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 850-674-2266).
He was born on January 30, 1919, in Mitchell, Indiana. He moved to Florida in 1999 and had lived in Blountstown for the last seven years with his daughter and son-in-law. He retired from Crane Naval in Indiana and worked with Mitchell Motors and at Spring Hill State Park in Indiana. He was in the military services from September 8, 1942 to October 16, 1945. He was a P.F.C. of Co. Btry. A. 740 FA, BN. He got EAME theater ribbon with 4 Bronze Stars with Bronze Arrowhead per WD GO#33/45; Good Conduct Ribbon per GO 147 HQ 396/43 and served in Sicily, Rome-ARNO; Rhineland; Southern France. He was in the Masons and was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite gold member of Lodge #228 in Mitchell, Indiana, and in the American Legion Post 250 with 50 years of service.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 60 years, Geneva Lucille Tomlinson; a brother, Jim Tomlinson; a sister, Betty Tomlinson; parents, Jesse and Gladys Tomlinson.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Rose Mary Gerkin, of Marengo, IL; one daughter, Brenda J. Varnes, and husband, Greg, of Blountstown; one son, John R. Tomlinson, and wife, Linda, of Mesquite, TX; three grandchildren, Cheryl Cataldo and her husband, Lenny, Timmy Chastain and his companion, Deanna Parker, of Blountstown, Melissa Tomlinson of St. Louis, MO; four great-grandchildren, Tyler and Santanna Cataldo, Kristrother and Shelby Chastain.
Funeral services were held Sunday, February 1, at 1:00 p.m. (CT) at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel with Greg Varnes officiating. Interment followed in the Nettle Ridge Cemetery in Blountstown with military honors by the American Legion Post #272.
All arrangements were under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 850-674-2266).
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