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 Robert Bland
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[October
04, 2007]
ATLANTA -- Robert "Bob" M. Bland, 62,
of Atlanta died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007, at 2:20 a.m. at his home.
Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Friday at
Quiram Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta. His funeral
will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home,
with Pastor Troy Voyles officiating. |
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Burial will
be in the Atlanta Cemetery.
Mr. Bland worked for General Electric Company in
Bloomington for 28 years. He was most recently
employed in the maintenance department of
Westminster Village in Bloomington.
He served in the U.S. Army from Feb. 24, 1967, to
Oct. 24, 1971.
He was born July 6, 1945, in Lincoln to Frank and
Budella Bradway Bland. He was raised by his mother
and his stepfather, Harold Vannoy.
He married Dawn Harris on July 27, 2002, in
Middletown.
Mr. Bland is survived by his wife, of Atlanta;
one daughter, Charlotte Dee Bland; two sons, Robert
E. (and Tammy) Bland and Chad (and Dianna) Bland;
three brothers, Jerry Adams of Atlanta, Larry Vannoy
of Atlanta and Abraham Vannoy of Lincoln; and seven
grandchildren. |
He was preceded in death by one sister, Tina Gilmer,
and one brother, Dennis Adams.
He was a member of the Machinists union.
Memorials may be made to the family.
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