Obituaries:  Robert "Bob" Odell Speight, Sr., Sabine Parish       S-123
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 5, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Robert "Bob" Odell Speight, Sr.

  Robert "Bob" Odell Speight Sr., 79, of Karnack, Texas, died
Saturday, June 6, 2002, in Shreveport. Graveside services were at
1 p.m., June 3, at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery in Many.

  Mr. Speight was born March 23, 1923, in Clare, to Robert Sidney
and Eula Ion Speight. He worked as a plumber and electrician. He
was a member of the VFW, member and past president of the Greater
Caddo Lake Association, and a member of Karnack Baptist Church.
He served in the U. S. Navy from July 1943, to February 1946.

  Survivors include two sons, Larry Odell Speight of Livingston,
Texas, and Robert Odell Speight Jr. and his wife Cindy of
Karnack, Texas; two daughters, Barbara Jo Ortiz of Phoenix,
Ariz., and Lyn Baker and her husband Tommy of Pasadena, Texas;
brother, Lelan Speight and wife Glindle of Arkansas; sister,
Glenice Owens of Pittsford, N. Y.; eight grandchildren; six great
grandchildren; and special friend, Johnene Harrison of Atlanta,
Texas.

  Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association.

  Sullivan Funeral Home, Marshall, Texas.