Mr. Robert Lee (Bob) DeLozier

Robert Lee (Bob) DeLozier age 89 passed away Thursday, November 28, 2013 at Asbury Place. Bob was born in 1924 in Sevier County, Tennessee. Shortly afterwards his family moved to Maryville where he spent all his life in dairy and beef cattle farming. He was a former director of the Blount County Farm Bureau and the Blount Farmer's Co-op. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, the Blount County Livestock Association, the Tennessee State Livestock Association and the Knoxville Square Dance Association. Preceded in death by his parents, Andrew Marshall DeLozier and Josie Mae Frazier DeLozier, his brothers Wendell DeLozier, Lynn DeLozier, Garland DeLozier , sister-in-law Tommie DeLozier, sister, Helen DeLozier McCall, and Sister-in-law Virginia Wykle Hendry, He is survived by his wife Betty Wykle DeLozier and daughter Lisa DeLozier Overly, son-in-law Jonathan Overly, granddaughter, Megan Lee Forsythe, grandson, Conner Jackson Overly, sisters-in-law, Pearl DeLozier and Mary Lynn DeLozier and several nieces and nephews. There will be an informal receiving of friends from 1:30 pm till 2:30 pm Sunday December 1, 2013 at Smith Funeral & Cremation with the funeral to follow at 2:30 pm with the Rev. Jim Millsaps Officiating. Entombment will follow at Grandview Mausoleum at 4:00 pm . In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank at 1924 Alcoa Highway, #U-26 Knoxville, TN 37920