Montgomery Jr., Robert Edward

Robert Edward Montgomery Jr., 82, of Pulaski, Va., died on Sunday, November 29, 2009, at a Winston-Salem, N.C., Hospital. Born on June 16, 1927, in Memphis, Tenn., he was the son of the late Gladys McNabb Montgomery and Robert Edward Montgomery Sr. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Vicarole “Tad” Montgomery.

He is survived by his wife, Betty J. Montgomery, of Pulaski; his children, Robert Michael Montgomery, Ellen Chowning Perkins, Richard Lawrence McLaughlin, Kelly Elizabeth Samples and her husband, Dr. Gary Samples; grandchildren, Rodney, Scott, Ryane, Mallory, Joseph, Oliver, Jennifer and Sarah; five great grandchildren; mother-in-law, Elizabeth Laurenson; and special friends, Terry and Suzanne Vaughn, and Eddie and Betty Walker.

Funeral Services will be held 8 p.m. on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at Thomas M. Seagle & Sons Funeral Home with Bishop Jack McKinley and Bishop Lamoine Skidmore officiating. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow at 11 a.m. on Thursday, December 3, 2009, at the Magnolia Cemetery, Warner Robins, Ga.

The family requests that flowers be omitted and that memorials be made in Bob’s memory to the Blue Ridge Boy Scout Council, the Elks Lodge #1067 Scholarship Fund or to the Missionary Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Arrangements by Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski, Va. www.seaglefuneralhome.com