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Rev. Robert Leon Eakle

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Robert Eakle Obituary

REV. ROBERT LEON EAKLE, 82, of Kenova, WV, passed away August 6, 2025.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, by Rev. Bobby Young. Burial will be in Baylous Cemetery. He was born April 3, 1943 in Clarksburg, WV, a son of the late Ferrell and Olive Devere Burns Eakle. He was preceded in death by sisters and brothers, Janie Eakle, Patty Mackey, Neva Cottrell, Ronald Eakle and Richard Eakle. He is survived by two sisters, Eva Odell and Ruth Gregory.
Visitation will be one hour before services on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.timeformemory.com/wallace.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Herald-Dispatch on Aug. 9, 2025.

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Wallace Funeral Home - Barboursville

1159 Central Avenue, Barboursville, WV

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