Robert Gilbert

Mr. Robert B. Gilbert, Jr. Mr. Robert Baxter Gilbert, Jr., 76, retired from Maury Amusement Company and former long-time resident of Eugene Road, died Friday, April 15, 2005 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with The Rev. Thomas Wilson officiating. Burial will be in the Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post #19. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Alive Hospice, 1718 Patterson Street, Nashville, 37203. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com.A native of Clarksville, he was the son of the late Robert Baxter Gilbert, Sr. and Frances Garland Middleswart Gilbert. He was a 1947 graduate of Isaac Litton High School in Nashville and served in the U.S. Army during World War II.Mr. Gilbert was a member of the Riverside United Methodist Church, Columbia Elks Club and Herbert Griffin American Legion Post #19. His wife, Sue Whitwell Gilbert, died September 3, 1994. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Andy Gilbert and Debborah Smyth of Vicksburg, Mississippi; two grandchildren, Grady Smyth-Gilbert of Boone, North Carolina and Elise Smyth-Gilbert of Vicksburg, Mississippi; a brother, James Alfred (Dot) Gilbert of Madison. He was preceded in death by a sister, Joan Smith.Pallbearers are Greg Devore, Gilbert Walker, Don Schwendimann, Lou Patterson, Peter Hudson and Randy Speed.