Robert "Bob" Carden^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1927 - 2011  (~ 84 years)

• Name	Robert "Bob" Carden
  Born	Abt 1927	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Apr 2011	Mercy Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	22 Apr 2011	Woodlawn Cemetery, LaFollette, Campbell County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I294269	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Joe Monroe Carden,   b. Abt 1900, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 7 Feb 2011  (Age ~ 111 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Summitt,   b. Abt 1900, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 7 Feb 2011  (Age ~ 111 years)
  Family ID	F115049	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ellis Sharp
  Children	+ 1. Dinah Carden   2. Nancy Carden   3. Laura Carden
  Family ID	F115053	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1927 - Tennessee Buried - 22 Apr 2011 - Woodlawn Cemetery, LaFollette, Campbell County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 9 Feb 2011. Mr. Joe Monroe Carden, Jr. obituary [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Robert L Carden Event: CENSUS Event Date: 1930 Event Place: La Follette, Campbell, Tennessee Gender: Male Age: 3 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1927 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Son Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 3 Family Number: 78 Sheet Number and Letter: 3B Line Number: 74 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2235 Film Number: 2341969 Digital Folder Number: 4548149 Image Number: 00264 Household Gender Age Parent Joseph M Carden M 30 Parent Elizabeth S Carden F 30 Joseph M Carden M 6 Robert L Carden M 3 [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 20 Apr 2011. CARDEN MR. ROBERT L "BOB" - age 84, of LaFollette, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Knoxville. He was a member of LaFollette United Methodist Church for over 36 years and Waco Baptist Church in Kentucky for 30 years. Bob was a Sunday school teacher and choir member at both churches. He was a member of the Civil War Round Table and a WWII Veteran serving in the U. S. Coast Guard. For over 30 years he was an educator in the Campbell County School System. He was also an attorney and a former owner of White Way Dry Cleaners in LaFollette. He was a graduate of LaFollette High School and Lincoln Memorial University. He received his law degree from the University of Tennessee and his Masters Degree from Union College. His parents were Joe Monroe Carden, Sr. and Elizabeth Summitt Carden. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Sam Carden and Joe Monroe Carden, Jr. Bob is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ellis Sharp Carden of LaFollette; his daughters, Dinah Martin and her husband, Jim of Waco, KY, Nancy Blevins and her husband, Darril of Knoxville, TN, and Laura Broyles and her husband, Jerry of LaFollette. He is also survived by 7 grandchildren, John Martin, James Martin, Joe Martin, Russell Hammac, Jill McHaffie, Rae Russell, and Carden Russell; along with 13 great grandchildren. He is survived by sister, Janice C. Morse Williams and husband, Mac of Newport News, VA; as well as five nieces and four nephews. Funeral services will be Friday, April 22, 2011, at LaFollette United Methodist Church with Dr. Kenneth Faught and Rev. Fred Livinggood officiating. Interment to follow at Woodlawn Cemetery with full military honors conducted by the Campbell County Honor Guard. The family will receive friends from 12 to 1 P.M. before funeral services. Pallbearers will be grandsons. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to LaFollette United Methodist Church, 808 East Central Ave., LaFollette, TN 37766, or the Waco Baptist Church, P. O. Box 560, Waco, KY 40385. Online condolence may be made at www.waltersfuneralhome.net. Walters Funeral Home of LaFollette is honored to be serving the Carden family.