Robert E. (Bob) Stockdill, 71, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at South Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Stockdill was born on October 16, 1942 in Grady, Arkansas to the late Frank Thomas Stockdill, II and Eugenia Bittinger Stockdill. He graduated from Grady High School in Grady, Arkansas. He then joined the USAF and was stationed in several places including Germany, before being assigned to Moody Air Force Base in 1964 where he was discharges and met his future bride. He soon started with Bell South where he was a Loop Capacity Manager for 37 years before he retired in 2002. Mr. Stockdill also received his Bachelors of Business Administration Degree at Valdosta State University. He loved hunting deer, dove and quail. He also loved taking his wife fishing, crafting and working with wood.
Survivors include his wife of nearly 50 years, Julaine Stockdill; and son, Robert E. Stockdill, Jr., both of Valdosta; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Dorothy Russell of Grady, AR, and Joan and James Chidester of Jacksonville, AR; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. Stockdill was in preceded death by one brother, Frank Thomas Stockdill, III; two sisters, Elizabeth Baldwin and Thomasine Wilson as well as his in-laws, Julian and Jewell Valentine.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, May 25, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Elder Dwight Marshall will officiate. Burial will follow at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens at a later date. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 3:00 p.m. until service time. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in memory of Mr. Stockdill to a charity of choice. Condolences may be made online at www.mclanecares.com.
Funeral Home:
Carson McLane Funeral Home
2215 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA
US 31602
Carson McLane Funeral Home
Carson McLane Funeral Home
McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens
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