Robert McFadden

Robert "Bob" Barker McFadden died of natural causes the evening of the 31st of March, 2016 at his home in Bermuda Run, NC. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marlys Staberg McFadden and his brother, Ivan Marion McFadden, Jr. He is survived by his three children, Kathleen McFadden Myers of Charlottesville, VA, Jeffrey Robert McFadden and wife Christine Bramel McFadden of Winston-Salem, NC, and Melissa McFadden Dell and husband Bruce Fox Dell of Port Republic, MD. Also surviving are his five grandchildren, Robert Gayle Nunn IV and Melissa McFadden Nunn, Andrew Robert McFadden and Allison Christine McFadden and Bruce Robertson McFadden Dell. Bob was the son of the late Ivan Marion McFadden Sr. and Gladys Barker McFadden of Mount Vernon, IN. Bob retired in 1992 after 25 years of service with McCormick & Co. Inc. where he served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Operations. He served on the McCormick Board of Directors for 14 years and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for about 4 years. He was certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources and was a guest lecturer at the U.S. Air Force Professional Personnel Management Program at the Air College at Maxwell Air Force Base. He graduated from the University of Louisville in 1951 with a B.S. in Business Administration and completed the Harvard Business School Managing Organizational Change program. Bob served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War as a rated officer. He later served in the Minnesota Air National Guard as a Captain in an all-weather fighter squadron. He was active in civic affairs and in higher education as Chairman of the Voluntary Council for Equal Opportunity and as a member of the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland, Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina and Towson University in Maryland. Bob was a Trustee of Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore, MD. He was active in the Adult Literacy Foundation as a founding Board member. He was also a member of the Center Club of Baltimore, MD and the Sea Pines Country Club of Hilton Head, SC. Bob grew up in Louisville, KY, and met his wife, Marlys, while stationed in Minneapolis, MN. He and Marlys lived in Maryland for 30 years and maintained another home on Hilton Head Island, SC before moving to Bermuda Run, NC in 2007. As a resident of Hilton Head, Bob was active in the Learning Exchange at the University of South Carolina Beaufort, serving as Vice President for the Hilton Head area. He was also a Director of Hospice Care of the Lowcountry. Bob was also active in his church, Providence Presbyterian, serving on the Mission Ministry and Adult Education Ministry. After relocating to North Carolina, he tutored children for El Buen Pastor and served as an Elder at Shallowford Presbyterian Church. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Shallowford Presbyterian Church, Lewisville, NC. Viewing is at 1:00 pm, Memorial Service at 2:00 pm with interment to follow in the church columbarium. Online condolences may be made at www.hayworth-miller.com (Hayworth-Miller Kinderton Chapel)