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ROBERT EADS 1938-2016


Robert Pope Eads, 77, joined the Heavenly Choir from his home on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Lucas Funeral Home in Hurst. Interment: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park in Colleyville. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday evening at Lucas Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Christian Classic Cruisers, www.christianclassiccruisers.com

Bob was born Nov. 26, 1938, in Houston. He graduated from University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Transportation in 1961. He and Rosalynn met in Odessa in 1963 and married on Aug. 14, 1965. They moved to Hurst in 1969 after he began his career with IBM in 1968. Bob served 30 years with IBM before retiring in 1994 and continued as a contractor until 2003. He served as a deacon and Sunday School Teacher at North Richland Hills Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Euless. Bob was a member of Christian Classic Cruisers with his prized 1967 Yellow Galaxie and a proud member of Gideons International. Bob was preceded in death by his father, Henry Ford Eads; and brother, Michael Ford Eads. Survivors: Mother, Pauline Eads of Bedford; loving wife of 51 years, Rosalynn Eads; daughters, Erin Eads Peart and husband, Greg, Robyn Eads Dobbs and husband, Mark, and Megan Eads Miller and husband, Chad; grandchildren, Trent and Grant Peart, Kyler and Addison Dobbs, and Maggie Kate Miller; and nieces, nephews, and extended family members. 

Published in Star-Telegram on Nov. 17, 2016

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