Bobby "Bob" Lee Strange

July 1, 1938 - April 17, 2016

Bobby Lee “Bob” Strange, 77, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born July 1, 1938, in Booneville to William Earl and Vertie Geno Strange. He was a member of Booneville Church of Christ. He was the proud owner of Bob’s Family Restaurant for over 50 years. Bob enjoyed catering fish and traveling. He loved to make people laugh and cherished time with his family. Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at 11:00 A.M. at the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Doug Greenway officiating. Kevin Eubank will be delivering the eulogy. Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation is Tuesday from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. He is survived by two daughters, Melody Strange Woodruff and Dewonia Strange Prather (Ricky); two sisters, Christine Scott of Evans, Ga. and Joyce Morgan (Bill); grandchildren, Lacey Nichols (Tim), Dustin Woodruff (Sheena), Bo Woodruff, Brittany Prather, Hunter Prather, Cooper Chesier; great-granddaughter, Eden Woodruff; one expected great-granddaughter, Rubye Kate Nichols; his companion, Belinda McCarley; and special friends, Dale Kendrick, Earl Taylor, and Sarah Ann McGee. He was preceded in death by his wife, Janice Gurley Strange on January 31, 2001; a son, Bobby Earl “Little Bob” Strange; infant daughter, Melissa Carol Strange; his parents; two brothers, Kenneth Strange, Tommy Strange; and one sister, Rubye Tittle. Pallbearers will be Ricky Prather, Hunter Prather, Dustin Woodruff, Bo Woodruff, Tim Nichols, Dale Kendrick, and Earl Taylor. Memorials can be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 41817, Memphis, TN 38174-1817. Condolences may be extended to the family at boonevillefuneralhome.net.