1938
Robert
2015
Robert E. Harper
January 24, 1938 — October 13, 2015
Funeral Services for Robert Edwards Harper, 77, of Bull Shoals, Arkansas, will be 11AM Friday October 16, 2015, at Kirby & Family Funeral Home in Bull Shoals, AR with Brother Terry Frizzell officiating. .Visitation will be Friday, October 16, 2015, from 10:00 am until time of service.
Robert passed away October 13, 2015, in Flippin, Arkansas. He was born January 24, 1938, to a sharecropper family in Stonewall, Oklahoma, the son of Robert and Jewel Dillion Harper.
At age seven his family migrated to Newhall, California for his sister's health. He captured the love of his life, Anna Tyler and married her on August 28, 1959 in Newhall. Robert worked as an Engineer for General Motors in Van Nuys, CA. When he walked away from the company he was the leader of 50 supervisors controlling four separate departments. Robert was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Robert moved with Anna to Bull Shoals in 1983. Since then, Robert has be deeply involved in Bull Shoals as past owner of Rivercliff Trout Dock, past president of White River Outfitters, designed and built a number of houses, served four years as a Bull Shoals Councilman in the 90's, was the Charter Secretary for the Lions Club, was the President of the Twin Lakes Writers Group for five years, charter member and later president of the Bull Shoals Historical Society, Secretary for the Friends of Library and served on the Planning & Zoning committee beginning in 2011. Most days you would find Robert at the Bull Shoals Historical Museum sharing his extensive knowledge of Bull Shoals.He also found the time to write three books, History of Bull Shoals, Bull Shoals Dam and Amazing Facts.
Robert is survived by his wife, Anna Harper of Bull Shoals, AR,; daughter, Mallory Anne (Scott) Francisco of Joplin, MO; son, Robert Matthew (Dawn) Harper of Bull Shoals, AR; brother, Thomas Ray (Emily) Harper of Stillwater, OK; sisters, Glenda Arnhart and Nancy Jo Craigson of Stillwater, OK; seven grandsons; one great-granddaughter and one great grandson.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Burial will be in the Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery with Mathew Harper, Randy Lott, Clabe Presley, Ralph Lanning, and Rick Klug as pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to the Bull Shoals Historical Society.
Arrangements by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services.
Robert passed away October 13, 2015, in Flippin, Arkansas. He was born January 24, 1938, to a sharecropper family in Stonewall, Oklahoma, the son of Robert and Jewel Dillion Harper.
At age seven his family migrated to Newhall, California for his sister's health. He captured the love of his life, Anna Tyler and married her on August 28, 1959 in Newhall. Robert worked as an Engineer for General Motors in Van Nuys, CA. When he walked away from the company he was the leader of 50 supervisors controlling four separate departments. Robert was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Robert moved with Anna to Bull Shoals in 1983. Since then, Robert has be deeply involved in Bull Shoals as past owner of Rivercliff Trout Dock, past president of White River Outfitters, designed and built a number of houses, served four years as a Bull Shoals Councilman in the 90's, was the Charter Secretary for the Lions Club, was the President of the Twin Lakes Writers Group for five years, charter member and later president of the Bull Shoals Historical Society, Secretary for the Friends of Library and served on the Planning & Zoning committee beginning in 2011. Most days you would find Robert at the Bull Shoals Historical Museum sharing his extensive knowledge of Bull Shoals.He also found the time to write three books, History of Bull Shoals, Bull Shoals Dam and Amazing Facts.
Robert is survived by his wife, Anna Harper of Bull Shoals, AR,; daughter, Mallory Anne (Scott) Francisco of Joplin, MO; son, Robert Matthew (Dawn) Harper of Bull Shoals, AR; brother, Thomas Ray (Emily) Harper of Stillwater, OK; sisters, Glenda Arnhart and Nancy Jo Craigson of Stillwater, OK; seven grandsons; one great-granddaughter and one great grandson.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Burial will be in the Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery with Mathew Harper, Randy Lott, Clabe Presley, Ralph Lanning, and Rick Klug as pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to the Bull Shoals Historical Society.
Arrangements by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services.
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