Lonnie Glen Robertson, 79, son of Glen Adam and Martha Ann Halliburton Robertson, was born June 18, 1928, near Bendavis. He died Aug. 5, 2007, at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston following a short battle with cancer.
Mr. Robertson grew up on a farm near Bendavis and graduated in 1947 from Mountain Grove High School, where he participated in football and track.
He married Ruby Pauline McGownd Sept. 18, 1948. They had two daughters and lived on their Bendavis farm.
He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1955, where he was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant.
He worked a variety of jobs including teaching in rural schools, dairy farming and a mail carrier. He is best remembered for his trailer building and welding business on his farm.
He was a member of the Rock Springs Free Will Baptist Church, becoming a member of the Cornerstone Free Will Baptist Church when he moved to Mountain Grove.
He was an avid pool player, loved gospel music and enjoyed hunting and the outdoors. He loved woodworking and growing vegetables.
The Robertsons had spent the last 13 winters in San Juan, Texas, avoiding the Missouri cold.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Ralph Robertson.
Surviving are his wife of 59 years; daughters, Pamela Tate of Mountain Grove and Teresa Dowden of Bendavis; four brothers, Austin Robertson of Columbia, Huel Robertson of Houston, Rupert Robertson of St. Charles and Bill Robertson of Wilmington, N.C.; three sisters, Glenet Quinn of Mountain Grove, Alice McCall of Cabool and Huan Campbell of Bowling Green, Ky.; and four grandchildren.
Services were Aug. 8 at the Cornerstone Free Will Baptist Church in Mountain with the Rev. Ronald Turner officiating. Burial with full military honors by American Legion Post 30 was in the Rock Springs Cemetery under the direction of Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home of Mountain Grove.
