Created April 11, 201
In Memory
- This eternal flame burns forever
- in remembrance of Robert “Bob” M. Mathis
Robert "Bob"
Marshal Mathis
June 15, 1941 - December 23, 2018
Robert
Marshal Mathis, loving and devoted husband, father, and grandfather.
Robert Marshal Mathis
77, of Bella Vista, AR., died Sunday December 23, 2018 at Circle of Life
Hospice Legacy Village, Bentonville, AR.
He was born June 15,
1941, in Pampa, Texas to Elvis Anderson Mathis and Loerine
Maud Wilson.
Bob grew up and spent
most of his younger years in the panhandle of Oklahoma at Hooker, OK. and graduated there. He attended OSU in 1959.
Bob went to work for Southwestern
Bell Telephone Company in 1960, and retired at Enid, OK. in
1992. He was Second Line Manager over Engineering, Installation and Repair
serving a significant area of
NW Oklahoma including Enid, Ponca City and other surrounding areas.
After retirement, he
moved to Bella Vista, AR. to enjoy the amenities of golf and fishing in the
area lakes.
Bob started his own
Real Estate Company, A & B Village Realty, with his wife Anne in 1994. They
bought a Century 21 Franchise in 1996 and continued as
Century 21 A & B
Village Realty.
They sold their building and closed their business in 2016. Bob then went to
work for Hutchinson Realty as Executive Broker,
continuing to
December 2018. Over the years he was Realtor of the Year for the Northwest
Arkansas Board of Realtors, and a Multi-Million Dollar Producer.
Bob was a Charter
Member of Village Baptist Church of Bella Vista, Arkansas, serving as a Trustee
and Deacon.
He was preceded in
death by his parents Elvis and Loerine Mathis, son
David Mathis, daughter Debbie Graham and brother
Richard Mathis of Denver, Colorado.
Bob is survived by his
wife, Anne Mathis of Bella Vista, Arkansas; his son Lyle Dean Mathis of Hooker,
Oklahoma and his wife Susan,
their three children Toni,
Grady and Kylie Mathis; Grandchildren, Ryan Mathis, (Carrie), their children
Madeline and Ashlynn Mathis of Hooker, Oklahoma;
Shala Whiteley, (Glenn), and their son Bensen
Whiteley, of Gate, Oklahoma; Laura Roggy, (Drew), and daughters Savannah and Ava Roggy, St. Louis, Missouri
; Amber Graham, and her
daughter Jazmine Graham, and son Wyatt Graham of Bartlesville, Oklahoma;
Step-children, Robert Ogden, Skip Ogden, and
Susan Newby, (Kent),
their children, son Steven Newby, son Eric Rautenkranz,
and daughter Valerie Dreckman, (Chris), and
great-granddaughter Emily Dreckman;
brother William Mathis, and
family, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
A celebration of Life
will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Village Baptist Church in
Bella Vista, Arkansas;
visitation at 9:30 a.m.
at the church. A Memorial Internment Service will be held at Hooker, Oklahoma,
at the Hooker Memorial Cemetery at 10:00 January 5, 2018.
In lieu of flowers
memorials may be made to Circle of Life Hospice Legacy Village, Bentonville,
Arkansas.
Though absent, He remains in spirit.
Though once a worker, He now rest.
by The Arkansas Good Sams
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