ROBERT L. JENNETTE
Sept. 27, 1939-April 20, 2016
Robert Lyndon Jennette, 76, Goldsboro, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center surrounded by his family.
Robert was born in Wayne County Sept. 27, 1939, to the late Robert and Lucy Taylor Jennette.
He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force, and retired after 20 years of service with the rank of master sergeant.
Robert had joined in worship with the congregation at Dudley Christian Church in Dudley.
He was a member of Crown Point Masonic Lodge No. 708 A.F.& A.M. in Greenville and the Scottish Rite and was a 32nd degree Mason.
Robert was an unusually fine man. He was adored by his family, for whom he was a source of joy and strength, but also by countless others, from old friends to new acquaintances, all of whom were struck by his quiet generosity, his kind and unassuming intelligence and his innate courteousness.
He cherished his wife, and was a role model to his children and grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 23, 2016, at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Seymour Funeral Home, with pastor Blane Smith and the Rev. Don Davis officiating. Interment will be Sunday, April 24, 2016, at 10 a.m. in Wayne Memorial Park with full military honors.
The family will receive friends Saturday following the service at Seymour Funeral Home and other times at his home.
Robert is survived by his wife of almost 56 years, Lorraine Faircloth Jennette; daughters, Lorri J. Bradley of Goldsboro and Kristy J. Parker and husband, Fred of Clayton; sisters, Cleta McLendon of Burgaw and Naomi Cottle of Garner; four grandchildren, James Ryan Parker, Emily Taylor Parker, Joshua Davis Beard and Jessica Leigh Beard; and a great-grandchild, Charlize Monroe Corbett.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Bromley S. Jennette and Buck T. Jennette, and sister, Carolyn J. Parks.
Flowers are welcome or memorials may be given to Cures for the Colors, 203 Cox Blvd., Goldsboro, N.C., 27534, or Kitty Askins Hospice Center, 107 Handley Park Court, Goldsboro, N.C., 27534.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.seymourfuneralhome.com.
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Published in Obituaries on April 21, 2016 1:50 PM