Gates County NcArchives Obituaries.....Savage, Jr., Robert Lee 2019
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ROBERT LEE SAVAGE, JR.

December 22, 1941 - July 10, 2019
   Gates, NC - Robert Lee “Bobby” Savage, Jr., 77, passed away July 10, 2019 
in his home.  A native of Gates, NC, he was the son of the late Robert Lee 
Savage, Sr. and Sally Mary Draper Savage and is also predeceased by a sister 
Jeanne Carter Elder.  Bobby was an Army Veteran during the Vietnam Era and 
retired from the Sheet Finishing Department at Union Camp 
Corporation/International Paper.  He was a member of the Gatesville AF & AM 
Masonic Lodge #126, Gates County VFW, and REA Community Board.  He followed 
his father’s footsteps in growing watermelons and other produce and was 
known as “Watermelon Man” in Gates County.
 Left to cherish his memory are his wife Jean Byrd Savage, a daughter Robin 
R. Savage and special friend Joseph Unser, a son Robert Brian Savage and 
wife Sandy Derby Savage, a sister Betty Byrum Umphlett, and two 
grandchildren Brandon and Michael Savage, two fur babies Sassy and 
Doodlebug, and two grand dogs Tonka and Harley.
 The family will receive friends from 4-5:30 PM Saturday, July 13, 2019 in 
Wright Funeral Home followed by a Memorial Service. The family suggests that 
memorial donations be made The Huntington’s Disease Foundation at 
www.huntingtonsdiseasefoundation.org.



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