Robert Bland Eppes Jr.

EPPES, Robert Bland Jr., 87, of Glen Allen departed this life the evening of December 2, 2008. Mr. Eppes was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Bland Eppes Sr. and Gertrude Koknat Eppes. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, the former Anna Mae Pate of Glen Allen; son, Robert Bland Eppes III of Glen Allen; three daughters, Elizabeth Eppes Merkle of Glen Allen, Suzanne Eppes Hoffacker of Southhampton, Pa. and Catherine Eppes Bernard of Waikoloa, Hawaii; two granddaughters, Melissa Anne Merkle and Sarah Elizabeth Merkle of Glen Allen; grandson, Theodore Charette and great-granddaughter, Ellen Charette, both of Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. Eppes was a retired engineer from the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and a great lover of baseball. He was a resident of Glen Allen for 54 years and a member of Glen Allen Baptist Church for over 40 years. The family will receive visitors at Bliley's-Staples Mill, 8510 Staples Mill Rd., from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery, 4000 Pilots Ln. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Glen Allen Baptist Church Building Fund or Lakeside Volunteer Rescue Squad.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.