Robert Edward "Bob" Epps Sr.

I never had an interest in geography prior to being Mr. Epps´ student in 1979.

I´m probably neither the first nor the last student whose horizons he broadened. I´m happy just the same to have been one of them.

Posting for a friend who worked with Bob Epps at 6th Weather Squadron Mobile:

To Bob, from Laddie.....
A thousand balloons have been released toward heaven Bob and you and I were responsible for many of them. None, to the best of my knowledge, ever reached that height,
I do know in my heart and soul, that you surely did.
I remember our years at Tinker Field and the South Forty and then the many deployments to the locations in Tornado Alley in our own United States.
Then some of us went to small islands in the South Pacific to assist in the birth of the nuclear age. But always back to the WWII barracks. Hot in summer and always cold in winter with the wind & dust, joining in. I had never seen snow before, and you just laughed.
I dearly hope and pray that your last launch was a great launch and you rose higher than the highest of our balloons and missiles. No one deserved it more.
I miss you, but I still have my memories. Say Hi to Jack Fisher for me.
God's Speed,
Laddie Varnado,
[aka] Florida

A wonderful man.