Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


The Teague Chronicle
01/07/2010

ROBERT GAYLE “BOB” WORTHY

Robert Gayle "Bob" Worthy, 82, passed away peacefully at Parkview Nursing and 
Rehab Center in Big Spring, Texas, on October 12, 2009.

Bob's memorial service was held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church and Columbarium 
on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

Bob was born on December 19, 1926, in Donie, Texas to Roy and Violet Needham 
Worthy. Bob graduated from Donie High School and then attended Baylor University.
He played basketball at Baylor in 1944-1945. However, before graduation he 
joined the Merchant Marines during the last months of WWII. He crossed the 
Atlantic Ocean many times ferrying supplies to our forces in Europe. On return
trips his ship sometimes carried captured Germans to camps in the United 
States. After discharge, he joined his father, Roy Worthy in the lumber and 
drilling mud business out of Donie and Buffalo. Later he joined friends in
Australia and formed and operated an oil company. After this, he lived in 
Rockport and Houston in marketing and selling homes he had bought and improved. 
Nearly three years ago he moved to Big Spring to be near his brother Jerry and 
his nephew Roy Bishop Worthy. Others in Big Spring include Roy's wife Michelle 
and their son Jeb Worthy, age 6. His niece, Ann Worthy-Stephenson and her 
husband Tim live near Christchurch, New Zealand.

Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle and Welch Funeral Home and 
Crematory of Big Spring.