Robert Hamilton Nutt Jr.

GREENSBORO — Mr. Robert Hamilton Nutt, Jr., 79, died Thursday, January 1, 2009, at Cone Memorial Hospital.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, January 5, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.

Mr. Nutt was a native of Greensboro and graduated from Virginia Episcopal School where he excelled in basketball and track. He served in the U.S. Air force during the Korean Conflict and then attended the University of North Carolina where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and later graduated from High Point College. Upon graduation he began his career with Blue Bell, Inc. and retired after 34 years as SE sales manager for the company. He was also a graduate of the UNC-CH executive program at the Keenan School of Business and Economics.

An avid outdoorsman in hunting, fishing, and golf, Bob enjoyed his years in Hampstead, N.C., where he was Commodore of the Harbor Yacht Club, and a founder of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church of Hampstead. Other interests included bridge, gardening, model airplanes, and extensive traveling. He was a former member of the Greensboro Country Club and the Greensboro City Club.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Evelyn Davis.

Survivors include his wife, Jane Henderson Nutt; daughter, Patricia Nutt Stokes of Charlotte, N.C.; sons, Robert Nutt, III of Charlottesville, Va., John Nutt of Pisgah Forest, N.C., Jeffery Nutt of Hingham, Mass.; stepdaughter, Stephanie Fannin of Greensboro; sister, Elizabeth Nutt Stafford of Greensboro; brother, William V. Nutt, Sr. and his wife, Sue of Greensboro; 11 grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

The family will visit with friends following the service in the Haywood Duke Room of the Church.

Memorials may be made to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 607 N. Greene St., Greensboro, NC 27401.

Hanes-Lineberry N. Elm Funeral Home is assisting the family.

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