Robert L. Nethery

ROBERT LYNN NETHERY, AGE 72, PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY

ON MAY 7, 2024. ROBERT WAS BORN ON APRIL 23, 1952 IN DALLAS,

TEXAS. HIS FAMILY MOVED TO SMYRNA, GA WHEN HE WAS

YOUNG. HE GRADUATED FROM CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL

IN 1970. HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY

OF WEST GEORGIA WHERE HE RECEIVED A MASTERS DEGREE IN

EDUCATION AND A SPECIALIST DEGREE (EDS) IN 1974.

ROBERT TAUGHT IN SEVERAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO

INCLUDE: RAY CITY, ARNOLD MILL AND LITTLE RIVER

ELEMENTARY. HE ENJOYED HIS STUDENTS AND ON

OCCASION WOULD BRING HIS GUITAR TO ENGAGE THE

CLASS IN MUSIC. HE WAS ALSO A BASKETBALL COACH FOR

A PERIOD OF TIME. HE RETIRED FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM

IN 2006. HE WAS ALSO CEO OF LEOTEX, LLC AND TEXWOOD

& COMPANY WHICH HIS FAMILY FOUNDED.

ROBERT LOVED MUSIC AND WAS A TALENTED GUITARIST.

HE ENJOYED JAMMING WITH HIS FRIENDS AND APPRECIATED

FINE GUITARS. HE ALSO LIKED MOTORCYCLES AND IN HIS

EARLIER YEARS HE AND SOME FRIENDS DROVE THEIR

MOTORCYCLES FROM SMYRNA GA TO DALLAS TEXAS.

IN 2009 HE LOST THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE , JENNY B. NETHERY ,

TO ALS. HE WAS A DEVOTED AND CARING HUSBAND DURING

HER YEARS SUFFERING WITH THIS ILLNESS. HE IS ALSO

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, ROBERT & ELNORA

NETHERY, A BROTHER, GENE NETHERY, AND SISTERS,

JUDY NETHERY AND JUNE NETHERY BREAZEALE.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS NIECE LESLIE NETHERY AND A

HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. HIS CLOSE FRIENDS

WHO WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THEIR ADVENTURES INCLUDE

SCOTT WESSON, RON BRANHAM, PAT TERRY AND

HENRY PARIS. NANCY RICHARDSON HAS BEEN A

CARING AND COMPASSIONATE FRIEND FOR MANY YEARS.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE AT SOUTH CANTON FUNERAL

HOME ON THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 WITH RON BRANHAM

OFFICIATING. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS

AT 9:30 A.M. AND MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL START AT

10:30 A.M. BURIAL WILL BE AT GEORGIA MEMORIAL CEMENTARY

IN MARIETTA, GA FOLLOWING SERVICE AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 pm

DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO ST JUDE’S CHILDREN HOSPITAL OR

FLOWERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.