Obituary

Heath, Robbie Welcome (Bob)

Graveside services for Robbie Welcome "Bob" Heath of Abernathy, Texas, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, in the Abernathy Cemetery with the Rev. Joel Perez officiating. Services are under the direction of Abell Funeral Home and Flower Shop of Abernathy, Texas. The family will receive friends at Abell Funeral Home today from 6 until 7:30 p.m.

Mr. Heath died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Abernathy. He was born Nov. 17, 1940, in Lubbock, Texas, to Robbie and Ruby Katherine (Cook) Heath. He graduated from Abernathy High School in 1959 and served in the United States Army from 1966 until 1968. He married Wanda Nell Kinney on April 25, 1985, in Knox City, Texas. He was employed with Hale County Precinct 3 and Consumers Fuel Assn in Abernathy prior to his work at Amoco Production retiring in 1991. He owned and operated Miscellaneous Shop in Littlefield, Texas, from 1989 until 1998.

He is survived by his wife, Wanda Heath of Abernathy, Texas; a son, Mark Heath and wife Becky of Lubbock, Texas; two daughters, Mischelle Oliver and her husband Ronnie of Stephenville, Texas, and Tanya Staggs of Cabot, Ark.; eight grandchildren, Kris Ortiz and wife Stephanie, Samantha Ortiz and Luke Ortiz, Tori Bishop, Paige Ball, Remington Oliver and wife Whitney, Brawnson Oliver and Chenille Oliver; and a great-grandson, Balin Bishop.