Robert R. Latham 1942-1975

LATHAM, HANSEN, ONEIL, STOKES, HATFIELD

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 9/18/2024 at 09:42:20

29 May 1975 - The Tipton Conservative

Funeral services for Robert R. Latham, 32, were held at the Cedar Street Baptist church, May 23, with the Rev. John Spradlin officiating. Burial was in the Rochester cemetery.

Pallbearers were Jim Mayfield, David Lovell, Wayne Ford, Douglas Ford, Galen Miles and Jim Darby. Vocalists were Karen Thomas and Paul Bell. Mrs. Donald Thomas was organist.

Mr. Latham died at the hospital in Waukon, May 19, after an apparent heart attack while working in Waukon.

The son of Coy and Eva Wilson Latham, he was born in Elkton, Ky., Aug. 10, 1942, and was educated in the Elkton schools. He married Vicky L. Hansen at Rock Island, Ill., Oct. 30, 1964. He worked as a laborer and had been a resident of Rochester since 1968. He was a member of the Baptist church.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Cheryl Ann and a son, Donald Ray, both at home; 3 sisters, Mrs. Mack (Beatrice) O'Neil, Greenville, S.C.; Mrs. Anne Latham, Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Douglas (Peggy) Stokes, Elkton, Ky.; 3 brothers, Eldon E., Newburgh, Ind.; John F., Nashville, Tenn., and William, Elkton, Ky.; a half-brother, Clarence Hatfield, Elkton, Ky. He was preceded in death by his parents.