Livingston County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Corbin, Robert C. "Bobby" "Bob" September 5, 2009
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The Livingston Parish News - 10 Sep 2009
CORBIN, ROBERT C. “BOBBY” “BOB”

Robert C. “Bobby” “Bob” Corbin, 91 died Sept 5, 2009 at his son’s home in 
Watson.  He was a retired operator with BASF.  Mr. Corbin was born Dec 4, 1917 
in Jena and grew up in Rochelle, Standard and Clarks.  He graduated from 
Clarks High School with a scholarship in football.  He went to SLI in 
Lafayette and graduated with distinction in 1942.  He joined the US Army Air 
Corp and became an engineer-gunner on a B-17 of the 368th Bomb Squadron, 8th 
Air Force, based at Thurleigh, England.  He was shot down near Cologne Germany 
on Oct 15, 1944 and spent the war in Stalag Luft 1.  After the war he taught 
school at Clarks High School, and worked in the oil fields near Odessa, TX.  
After moving to Baton Rouge, he worked for Ward Oil Co. Baton Rouge 
Engineering Dept and Wyandotte/BASF from which he retired in 1979.  He enjoyed 
squirrel hunting and outdoor bar-b-ques.  He was of the Baptist faith.

A private graveside service was held at Evergreen Memorial Park, Denham 
Springs, on Thursday, Sept 11, 2009. .

He is survived by a son, a brother-in-law, a sister-in-law, a niece and three 
nephews.

Preceding him in death were his beloved wife of 68 years, Harrietta Cobb;  his 
parents, Robert Calvin Corbin and Katie Edmonson Corbin; two sisters, 
Bertrease Andrews and Vera Beisner; and brothers-in-law, Harold Cobb, Maurice 
Andrews, and Hensel Jackson.

Arrangements by Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs.
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