Robert M. Gardner

Published 2:19 pm Tuesday, February 4, 2025

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CARRSVILLE – Robert Melville “Bob” Gardner, 72, passed away Feb. 3, 2025 in Southampton Memorial Hospital. A life-long resident of Carrsville, he was the son of the late Lawrence E. Gardner Jr. and Grace Lee Bradshaw Gardner. He was also predeceased by his wife, Linda Gail King Gardner and his brother, Lawrence E. “Larry” Gardner III.

Left to cherish his memory is his daughter, Lisa Marie Gardner James of Fredericksburg, Virginia; several aunts and uncles and many cousins and friends.

Bob was a valued employee at Butler Paper Company for 15 years and an avid fan of the band Alabama. He attended as many Alabama concerts as he could along with friends and they even went to Alabama to the home of Randy Owen for a special concert.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7 in Wright Funeral Home with the Rev. James H. Hyatt Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one our prior to the service in the funeral home.

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