Robert "Bob" Tilden

   Robert (Bob) Tilden of Blairsville, Georgia passed away at home  on Tuesday, April 26th. Bob was  born in St. Louis, Missouri  on October  2nd, 1938. His family moved to Miami, Florida, where  he grew up.

    Bob worked  on many  hot rods and even  built his own swamp buggy  for use  in the Florida  Everglades. He loved  the Glades and spent as much  time as he could there camping, hunting and raising  his family.

    He retired from the Dade  County School System, where he worked  as a block mason before moving  to the North Georgia Mountains.  He then started Bob’s  Stump Grinding  with his wife, Cecelia. It was  the first of its kind in Union county. He was  a Civil War buff and also  loved metal detecting, and his cats.

    He was  devoted to his family, that eventually followed him to Blairsville. Bob is survived by his forever loving wife of 63 years; Cecelia, their two daughters; Linda Tilden and Katherine Stonis Maas, three granddaughters; Lisa  Stonis, Jessica Stonis Gutierrez and Rebecca Stonis Walker, eight great-grandchildren, and three nieces.

    Bob was  preceded in death by his loving parents; William Tilden, Sr. and Josephine Huff Tilden, his siblings; Jean  Hall Bradfisch, William Tilden, Jr. and Thomas Tilden.

    He was  greatly loved  by his family and will be missed everyday.

        In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family requests that donations may be made to Cast Off Pet Rescue in Bob’s memory.

    Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com