Robert Clayton "Bob" Willhoite Obituary (1944

HANOVER CHAPELMr. Robert Clayton Willhoite, age 77, of Hanover, Indiana, entered this life on August 19, 1944 in Painesville, Ohio. He was the loving son of the late Clayton and Ethel Peterson Willhoite. His family moved to Jefferson County where he attended school. On October 2, 1967, Bob was inducted into the United States Army in Louisville, Kentucky during the Vietnam War. He rose to the rate of Specialist Four serving in the HHC 67th Signal Battalion. He was honorably discharged on October 1, 1969 at Fort Riley in Kansas receiving the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and Sharpshooter Badge. He remained in the Reserves until being discharged on October 1, 1973. He was united in marriage to Mary Helen Kidd Skirvin on December 10, 1977 at the Milton United Methodist Church. He began his working career at Myers Manufacturing, then at the Charlestown Ammunition Plant and later with Barber Grocery Company. He was a member of the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion. He enjoyed playing bingo, watching television, dancing and socializing. Bob will be remembered as "Bingo Bob". Bob died on Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 9:52 a.m. at the Baptist Health-LaGrange in LaGrange, Kentucky. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Bob will be missed by his son, Robert Gene Willhoite and his companion, Cheryl Grubbs of Madison, Indiana; his daughter, Kendra Jo Emery and her husband, Mickey of Versailles, Indiana; his step children, Brian Skirvin of Madison, Indiana; Janet Lewis and her husband, Jeff of Lexington, Indiana; Richard Lee Cole of Madison, Indiana, Tim Cole of Hanover, Indiana; his sister, Rozella Newman and her husband, Orville of Madison, Indiana; his brother, Larry Willhoite and his companion, Carolyn Jones of Carrollton, Kentucky; his sisters in law, Lorrie Willhoite of Madison, Indiana, Juanita Jumps of Madison, Indiana; 8 grandchildren, several great grandchildren, and several great great grandchildren; several nephews, nieces, cousins and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father, Clayton H. Willhoite, his mother, Ethel Peterson Willhoite, his wife, Mary Helen Kidd Willhoite, died May 21, 2013, his daughter, Charlotte K. Willhoite, died January 22, 1997; his brother, Rickey Allen Willhoite, died April 20, 2021. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, November 1, 2021, at 1:30 p.m., by Bro. Robby King at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre-Hanover Chapel, 278 East Main Street in Hanover, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery,1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may visit Monday from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre-Hanover Chapel, 278 East Main Street in Hanover, Indiana. MILITARY HONORSA final salute with military honors will be conducted by the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com To send a flower arrangement in memory of Robert Clayton "Bob" Willhoite, please click here to visit our sympathy store.